The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

850 exhaust, emissions problems 850 1993

posted by  Pistol Pete on  Mon Dec 22 13:51 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

Jay,
Why do you think the idle air control valve is stuck? I don't understand.

Sencondly, I assume that the car had the exhaust leak before you broke off the flange on the manifold while you were replacing the doughnut gasket. The leak is very hard to diagnose. The leak is coming from where all the 5 header pipes join into one. A mechanic from a shop that does'nt deal with just volvo's would have a hard time diagnosing exactly where the leak is coming from. The leak seems to come from the doughnut gasket but, in fact, it's from the manifold. The mechanic would have a hard time telling you he's sure it's leaking from the $300-400? manifold.

Pete

--
If you can't afford to take your car to the dealer for maintenance, then sell it. Don't cry when the local shops can't deal with the technology anymore and you're tired of guessing at what parts to throw at it.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.