C70 & V70 XC AWD Startup

Thanks for the response Stuart,

You mention some interesting points of which I can answer. We have had the cars since new, and I have had the C70 in at various Volvo dealerships in the hunt for the dealership that you can use with some level of comfort.

I believe I found that dealership. Although I love the Volvo product and have owned 2 other great Volvo's, a 360GLT and the 440 Turbo, I still understand that not everything is perfect on these cars.

For example, I'm happy to have a warranty on the C70 as it's needed it !

But there are ways to improve the performance of a vehicle. The reason I ask about the leads or any other component, is that I had a similar issue with the Cadillac Seville STS (which I sold for the C70), changing a few OEM components solved the problem.

The issue is not serious, it doesnt happen all the time and its not bad to the point of rocking the engine, but, its not puuuuurrrrrrfect for those few initial seconds.

Nicholas

It may be muck in the throttle housing, and a damaged gasket in the housing. My C70 had the same symptoms that you have described, a visit to the local Volvo dealer later, and relieved of £50, it is back to normal.

The throttle housing does not get checked at each service, but at (I believe) later service intervals.

Regards

Chris Mulvihill 99 C70 T5 GT

Chris,

Sounds like a plan, considering the engines in both cars are about the same, (I think ;-)), this may be it. Will update on the progress for any others who have this issue.

Cheers mate

Nicholas

Take a look at your owners' manuals, Nick.

Both cars have, as standard, the low pressure turbo. Volvo recommends use of premium fuel with these engines - and they certainly have no interest in *increasing* your operating costs. Quite the contrary!

At this point, your onboard computer system may have been running those engines with a significantly retarded ignition to have caused fouling of the plugs. This shouldn't be the case, but one never knows. Feed them what they're designed to consume. If nothing else, you'll find about a

5% increase in fuel mileage, which covers a good bit of the difference in cost.

bob noble Reno, NV, USA

Cheers for the response Bob,

Our local Volvo dealership replaced plugs in the V70 and its now running like a charm, will have them check the C70 in a couple of weeks.

Even with the price increases, Premium has always been the fuel we use in both cars - although I'm still paying WAAAAY less than in the UK, gotta feel for the drivers over there.

Cheers

Nicholas

I'm in the UK - I don't suppose you could post me some could you ? ;)