Volvo 480 Club Europe

Years in prison: 52 Potential fine: £9500 - they don't know the half of it

I think i'll replace the sensor to start with then! Been using NGK plugs, seem to be doing ok, last set I took out looked fine. Have had no real electrical problems, except for the clock not working, or my rear wiper, or my day running lights, sidelights, fuel guage, temperature guage and speedo.......

my apologies, where my previous post says 'ECU' please read 'CEM'. my brain wasn't in gear at the time (big balck box by the passenger footwell). The sensor i'm on about is the one stuck into the rubber air intake hose, with a red connector attached to it. I'll bung some piccys up later ;) seems to ...

get a tom tom, dead easy to use. on the 500 and 700 you can use them as a bluetooth handsfree kit, and you can download speed camera locations for free. only drawback is that they are a bit big. best prices on: http://www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/sat_nav.htm free speed camera locations download: http://w...

I have a 1993 B18EP Engned 480 S which seems to missfire and generally not accelerate well at low revs (fine from 3k upwards) :badmood: Here's what Iv'e done; Fitted Ripspeed cone type filter (don't laugh, it was cheap) and I had the same problem with the Green panel filter I had before. Cleaned Air...

I had exactly the same (although intermittent) problem, as well as not being able to "switch on" main beam (would stay on only if i held the stalk, which when driving rather quickly on country roads at night was a touch dangerous). Both problems were solved by replacing faulty connections in the sta...

If your'e getting some browny/whitey "mayonnaise" type stuff inside your oil filler cap and some loss of water from cooling system then your 480 has "K-series syndrome" (head gasket going/gone). I've just done a heady-g change on a mate's 1.0 vw polo, not my idea of fun.

Used them in a bmw a while back and they were pretty awful, ended up putting origionals back in. No idea what they'd be like in a volvo tho...

I found it to be good in small quantities, then again i only put about a 5er in a time when i fill up, due to poverty.

Dyson?

pol wrote:Is that the ripspeed toolkit Breeze?!

pol

The Ripspeed toolkit consists of:

Chisel.


oh and some brute force when necessary.

I live in the Birkdale/Hillside sort of area, though the car is for sale in Kew. I'll put up some more details when I do a driveby today.

Just to tag onto the end of this topic with a different question....

My headlamp lenses are starting to go opaque, meaning my lights are nowhere near as bright as they should be. any ideas on how to renovate the inside of the lens? of should I just get some new ones from GSF or scrappy replacements?

This happened to my car a day after I bought it. Eventually i gave the mast a good clean, dry and a light coating of 3-in-1 oil. Slips in and out smoothly every time now

The last owner of mine used Halfords oil, which isn't too bad as its made by Duckhams, but for the extra few quid, spread over 5000 miles or so, i'd have to agree its much better going for magnatec. cheap oil is a bit of a false economy really.

Try just checking round all the hoses, especially where they connect to things. I found one morning after getting to work my bottom radiator hose ws disconnected, and I had therefore left my coolant on the bypass. :D When they get old they tend to bulge and split (epsecially round the connections) o...

I just have a bodgers toolkit,

Hammer
Gaffa tape
Blue Tac
Zip Ties
Adjustable Spanner

fixes most problems

I also once used Araldite to fix a head gasket

I needed a re-print of an MOT for a VW Polo I had a few months ago, and I had to go back to the garage that issued it, Though I got the previous owner paid the cost of this because he had lost the certificate in the first place!

I've noticed a lovely looking Black 480 ES on a J-Plate for sale near me, looks in quite good nick and I think its up for around £700 or so, I'll find out contact details and price etc. when I'm back in Southport on Thursday, if anyone is interested?

I'd use Toyo Proxes for summer and a nice set of Kumho's for winter, best of both worlds