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- Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:40 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Rotor Arm question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2527
Re: Rotor Arm question
No, it's a brand new one. I guess I'll just fit it and see! Alas I don't have the Bug any more. I miss it loads though, but not the lack of power. I had it for about 10 years, apart from quite a bit a welding needed to be done it generally was a super reliable little car. I had loads of fun in it. ...
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:31 pm
- Forum: Styling
- Topic: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12318
Re: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
March 1, 1989 = first date of registration (sorry thought it was a 1988 first). A Volvo Switzerland Club member told the owner, that this was a very rare version but that the stickers are Volvo originals, but I've never seen these stickers at all.
EDIT: But I must say, they look cool
EDIT: But I must say, they look cool
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:24 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Rotor Arm question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2527
Re: Rotor Arm question
Yeah, thanks....I know I'm a girl, but I do know what a rotor arm does ;) I only asked because the plastic is very different to the plastic on the ones I have used before. Thanks for your replies :hopping: You're indeed right, looks very different from a new replacement part (replace it on my 480 a...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:18 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
Re: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
Thanks againg for your hints. My comments weren't meant as an offence of any kind. I didn't happen at high revs, but "something" happend when the engine had high revs and after gear change I had the stuttering always above 2200, no matter what gear, except, as said, when there is no gear in. So it s...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: Styling
- Topic: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12318
Re: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
Has to be a rare factory fit (it's an early 1988 Turbo) or custom made. But the car is a bit above my non-existing budget anyway
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
Re: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
Thank you Robou for your hints. I thought compression was fix and independent from engine load? Isn't that related to cylinder and piston size and movement? It only happens when gear in.... which means to me, that under load, a sensor provides wrong signals to the ECU and/or Fenix ignition control/c...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Rotor Arm question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2527
Re: Rotor Arm question
Hmm I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the rotor arm is the same for all models. To me it looks good. It's basically the metal slider you gotta be worried about if it doesn't make good contact with the 4 contacts in the distributor. Plastic part in the middle might look better, but as long as there a...
- Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
Re: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
Thanks a lot for your hints. Well just for clarification: I wouldnt even call it stuttering but rather "stop-start-stop-start".... so seems to tear the car apart! and it only happens when I got a gear in. Without gear in or clutch down, it's perfectly fine. I was thinking about the MAF, but am not s...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:43 pm
- Forum: Styling
- Topic: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12318
Re: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
That's how the sticker looks.
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:13 pm
- Forum: Styling
- Topic: Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12318
Volvo 480 Turbo side stickers
Hi all, I've just had a look at a nice turbo, from 1988 with black stickers over both sides reading "Volvo 480 Turbo". The owner said, this has to be a special edition, which seems to be really rare these days. As I've never seen a similar one before, I'm just curious, whether this is indeed a speci...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:00 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
Very heavy stuttering above 2200 RPM
Dear all, Saturday, blue skies, why not go for a ride ( Volvo 480, 1.7 ES )? Well... I was accelerating in 2nd gear, up to about 5000 RPM then there was a wierd noise, as if the boost dropped for a second. I switched gear to 3rd and doom began. No matter what gear I had in, above 2200 RPM there was ...
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:01 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Rattle under car
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3750
Re: Rattle under car
haha (sorry off topic)blackbelt1990 wrote:The heatshield on my CAT was loose once, rattled like mad until it flew off on the motorway!
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Volvo 480 driver getting robbed on Spanish highway
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1125
Re: Volvo 480 driver getting robbed on Spanish highway
UK car, as the steering wheel is on the right hand side.
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Volvo 480 driver getting robbed on Spanish highway
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1125
Volvo 480 driver getting robbed on Spanish highway
http://www.20min.ch/videotv/?vid=140501&cid=3 and even worse: Swiss newspaper wrote "The man with grey hair in his japanese compact car" JAPANESE?????
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:34 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Foam in the engine bay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1558
Re: Foam in the engine bay
ahhhh this explains the black foam bits spread all over my carpets
- Sun May 30, 2010 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Wastegate (Off Topic)
- Topic: My newest purchase...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2584
Re: My newest purchase...
Hehe I know the issue grafi, rust ate my 93' Alfa 33 2 years ago
- Sat May 29, 2010 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Wastegate (Off Topic)
- Topic: My newest purchase...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2584
Re: My newest purchase...
Well yeah, running costs would be more or less equal (i had a Alfa 33 before) but the problem is, that my 480 is in a shabby condition and would need restauration to be "only producing running costs" lot of broken parts, hot temp = no start etc.
- Fri May 28, 2010 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Wastegate (Off Topic)
- Topic: My newest purchase...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2584
My newest purchase...
Well as the title says :D Data: Alfa Romeo 33 QV, 1988 and in a almost perfect, factory like condition :hopping: http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9306/minidsc00006.jpg http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2366/minidsc00004s.jpg I am sad to say so, but this might be the end of my beloved 480 ownershi...
- Thu May 20, 2010 8:52 pm
- Forum: Power transmission (40)
- Topic: Oil specs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4124
Re: Oil specs
Yeah, it's GL-4 SAE 80W-90 as it also says in the volvo user manual. Not that expensive indeed
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:08 pm
- Forum: Styling
- Topic: Photoshopped my 480
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4798
Re: Photoshopped my 480
WOOOOOOOOOOOWWW dunno what to say really, but I somehow like it you sure will be spot with a car color like that