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Emissions failure - Octane?? 200 1989

posted by  7 volvofamily on  Tue Jul 26 18:09 CST 2005
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I agree it may be the cat but it may also be the o2 sensor and/or air mass meter. My Volvo factory service manuals call for 93 octane for the U.S. B230 engine. I did not know this until I bought the manuals. It explained why I got a knock under acceleration up hills despite having a maintained engine. Since I went to 93 octane none of my Volvo's ping or knock anymore. A new cat will run you between 250 and 300 plus instalation.






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