Hi Folks, I need some advise from you about couple issues of my 96 volvo 850 wagon. It is a very nice car with only 71K millage on it. Last Tuesday, when I was driving the car to work, all of sudden, there was a light "Check Engine" going on, and it lasts whenever I start my car. I was kind of surprised as I did my service regularly. I brought the car to my service company to find out what went wrong. The service person read the code from a small black box that he connectd to my car. "410!", that was what the box displayed, and from his mannual, it means "Secondary Air InJection system Mulfuntion".
Also the same service person, when he was doing the coolant service on my car, he found a crack on the belt that connets the engine. What he told me is sooner or later, that belt is going to break. If it happens, the damage is much more than a belt. So It is a good choice to have it replaced right away, and that company privides this kind of service. That was a second suprise to me !
So here are my questions,
- For that "check engine" problem, how accurate to get the correct code by reading from that black box. I mean the code tells you it is caused by problem A, but eventually you finds it is problem B ?
- If it is "410" issue, can someone tell me what this mean and how serious the problem could be? How much it costs? That service place does not do such kind of problem solving, so I do not get any answer from them.
- For that belt issue, from what the service man point out, I do see a string on that belt, but I am not sure if it is a crack or not. For that kind of car of that "age", is it normal to have a belt broken ? If it was going to happen, would there be a light going on on volvo
thanks a lot for the help!
cji