To your original start post little more info. Ambient T. for ECU uses other sensor than what your odometer does, there is two sensors at same location at the front bumper if there is Ambient T. sensor at all as not always been on all M4.4 cars. IAT sensor you are looking through OBDII (Generic OBDII...

Along the way one of my keys stopped working. It would operate everything at ignition position I and II, but it brought a "Start Prevented" error when trying to start the engine. That left me with one operating key, and with thoughts of the cost of being towed to the dealer and having 2 ne...

Do you think they roll their eyes and say Oh Gawd, here's another abscate return?

Mine is a Vag Com KKL with the 409.1 chip, works great with Vol fcr. Nothing fancy, just your average 10$ cable from ebay.

Props to FCP. One of my 850s has been sitting for a year and we ran it around and the cam seal was leaking from sitting. Ordered a new cam seal 1 day shipping the automatic system said it wouldn't get here til after the weekend. FCP sent me a shipping confirmation at like 2:50AM and it was here in l...

Got the head apart to replace the valve seals and do the NA cam install on my '97 T5. Got to test out my prototype valve spring compressor tool (finally) https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20854T5/2022/Winter%20Work%20Fun/prototool_2.jpg 3D printed it and installed some th...

Blue parts =25 HP

COP conversion? Were you able to use the same ecu and valve cover? I already had an M4.4 conversion on the car. I purchased the COP conversion bin from VAST and modded an ECU per the instructions. The coils all bolt down to the N head, except you need to flip the #1 around and make a provision to b...

There is now via update to 1.6.2 version in Service terminal (next to "SEND" button) if you write with up/capital letters "ECCUPDATE" and press SEND you get popup for possibility test Volvo's update procedure for these fault codes it might report if everything is otherwise ok in ...

Im working on replacing the radiator right now as it has a leak. I was taking the plastic splash guard thing out from under the radiator and... You'll never guess what fell out when I took it off. A 10mm socket!