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Throttle body - Urgent Help needed

posted by  Metallo on  Mon Apr 25 15:18 CST 2011
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Hi all,

Friday morning, went to switch my car on and it was like it was running at 3 cylinders instead of 5.

Messages:
- Reduced engine performance
- Engine system service required

Being Easter period I had no chance and got stuck the whole weekend.
This morning I got it towed to the garage that usually takes care of my car, they are specialized on Volvo.
Got them on the phone today and they said that the engine is now running good so they could not see the problem but of course it can happen again, the error message points to the throttle body.

So tomorrow morning I have to take a decision whether to buy a new one or not.
They say that they could get one refurbished which will be cheaper (450$) but I am not sure on what to do because for sure there is the danger that the car leaves me on the street and on the other hand I wonder whether a throttle body needs to be replaced or why not cleaned?
Are there alternative places I can buy it in the US?

Hope you can help folks.

Cheers
Alex






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