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Re: Could this mean trouble S40-V40 2000

posted by  someone claiming to be Arno Griffioen on  Sat Jan 27 08:54 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hmm.. 93RON is pushing it on the low side, although it should be able to run at 91RON. I only run mine on the advised 98RON.

There is another south-african on the board here (don't know if he's still reading this at the moment) called Michel Numes who drives a T4 and had the same problem.

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but Volvo replaced his T4 to cure a pinging problem they could not fix on his original car (they replaced knock sensors, ECU and all sorts of other stuff). That did fix the problem though as the new car didn't show the symptoms.

I would advise that you contact the Volvo importer in SA as well and get them into the loop. They may have more background info and possible solutions which can help you which the dealer may not be aware of.

Do you have other brands of fuel in your area? Perhaps some additives in one brand are acting up. Switching to another brand may help (mine runs real crappy on Texaco, better on Shell and best on BP)

If you can find an 'octane booster' in a car-parts store then you could try bumping up the octane a few points and see if that helps somewhat.

Bye, Arno.





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