Volvo 480 Club Europe

WHOA!!! That's pretty awful too! Ah well, I suppose I'm not the only one it's happened to then! Still pretty upsetting though. I lived off rice and bread for 2 years while the entirety of my student loan went on maintaining and and cleaning that car up. It was quick, clean, and pretty smart I think ...

Oh yes, link - that's a good idea!! Here it is - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=220237048476&Category=9872 I'm actually half tempted to buy it back anyway, as it's in Bristol. Might at least go and see it! Thing is, I've just bought another car, last week, so unless I can get i...

Hello there, haven't been here for a while, but just thought I'd share my findings with you. I was browsing ebay a little earlier to find my old turquoise 460 Si Turbo. When I sold that, the chap said he promised he'd look after it and that it was going to a good home. Well, it's none of my business...

Haha - amazing! I just popped back onto the site as I'm missing my 460 like mad and wanted to see how things were going, then saw this! Mine wasn't even a 480 and I'm missing it dearly! I got rid of mine because it was costing a fortune. I serviced it every 4000miles, but that was the cheap bit! Sus...

Hello, I expect many will say you probably shouldn't be using WOT on a cold engine anyway, but that's another story. From the sounds of it you have dodgy ignition - best to check all HT leads and the coil. Also go over the earth connections. That should at least make some difference. Also, unless yo...

Hahaha - nice!

Went outside once to tinker under the bonnet, nothing wrong with the car, just had an urge to 'mend' something - then realised 2 hours later I'd left my nice expensive 'Taste the Difference' 14oz steak under the grill. Set fire to the kitchen...

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Hello again! If the bearing has gone then that'll need replacing, yes. The hub nut will need to be renewed if you want it to stay on there properly (and ensure it's bloody tight and has lots of high quality 'screw fix' on it). The CV joint itself can be replaced for peace of mind, but if it's relati...

That's very interesting. Would using separate coils make a difference, so that you could effectively overlap the charge cycles? Only ask that as my new car has an individual coil for each of the six cylinders! And I've never seen that on a car before. Having investigated, I've now seen a number of c...

Haz, I'm sure there is "no point in a crazy cam if the rev limit is in place" but I don't recall saying anything about a 'crazy' cam. Your car, from what I can see is tuned for a race track, or drag races. Fair enough, and that's amazing, but driving on the road's a tad different, and it can make a ...

Ah - bbf, I wondered how you managed 8000rpm in a 480! lol - I bet the engine loved it! My old 340 1.7 was much more torquey than the 1.8 single point 440 I drove once - that really did seem gutless (just a bit more refined), so I can see why you'd want to tune it. It's just a standard 8v engine, so...

I'm afraid I have no idea where the relay is - is there not a relay box under the bonnet? I can't remember now. I will ask my Volvo-mechanic when I see him next, see if he remembers!

I've had the problem where the lights flash and there's a click but the doors do not open with the remote, that I think was because of low battery power. If it's not working with the key either, then it must be something else. If you hear the click when you turn the key, and the lights still flash a...

Yes, it's somewhere near the battery tray.

Just in case anyone was still thinking of looking at 960s, I thought I'd report back with a little more information having researched some. The 960/S90/V90 came with (in England this is): 2.5 170bhp manual or auto 3.0 184bhp manual or auto 3.0 204bhp auto only The 3.0, whichever version you get and ...

I took my lambda sensor off in view of replacing it with my new one, but after taking the old one off and throwing it somewhere in Mum's flower bed I realised I couldn't fit the new one until a week after (lack of tools). So I drove around for a week without the sensor. I can tell you, after I fitte...

As far as I'm aware Rich only ever modded the turbo ECUs as that was what he had at the time. I would also think there's not a lot you could do to the 1.7 ECU to make the car much faster.
Perhaps induction, cylinder head and exhaust mods are your best bet?

Well, according to Haynes:

B18E: 2-3ohms / 2.5bar
B18FP: 14-15ohms / 3.5bar

I'd say they're not interchangeable, unless you start adding resistor packs and changing the fuel pressure regulator - if you can even do it like that...

Anyway, hope that helps a bit.

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Yes, I was looking at the 850s and V70s (T5s and diesels), but good ones are still out my budget, which is pretty low! My car's working ok at the moment, but it'll never be perfect, and I'd rather sell it before it breaks again! I know this S90 will drink fuel, but my annual mileage is about to drop...

WHOA!! Look at all that tread on those tyres!! My arches have had it now, unfortunately they got really bad after leaving it standing for just over 5 months when the cambelt went. No going back now. At least you've caught yours at an early stage. I know the problem with mine was all the mud and crap...