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by ToriWhite
24 Jun 2018, 21:46
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Re: Your input needed: buying a used Volvo info template

Matthew1,

If I'm not mistaken, there's a clever way to use Google Questionnaire's features to collect data from both inquiring buyers, and interested sellers independently, and (if not by Google itself, some free application) depending on what boxes they tick, and notify the two parties.

Good luck!
by ToriWhite
08 Nov 2018, 12:53
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Temp guide for Emissions Drive Cycle [850]

Volvo 850 96 with a Motronic 4.3 (Newer models have 4.4, with minor differences) requires that two 'TRIP's be made to test all the systems related to emissions The 'TRIP' needs to start at a temp range between 84 - 122 F, or else it won't bother testing. (Certain systems need to go through a warm up...
by ToriWhite
27 Jan 2020, 15:15
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Re: Alternator "Troubleshooting" [97 850]

Just to wrap this mystery up for any johnny-come-lately's who find this in the future: Thankfully- it was my battery that was bad. That sound recorded in Omega's video, that I heard as well is the sound of a straining alternator fighting to pump juice into a battery that just won't have it. Lucky me...
by ToriWhite
07 Sep 2021, 22:01
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Re: Time to go. Thanks for everything!

Remember the forums when you're buying your kid their first car! Volvos make the best starter car, reliable, durable and easy to work on, not to mention stylish and classy
by ToriWhite
23 Feb 2024, 22:54
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Re: Hunting Down Leak Under Dashboard, Passenger Side[96 850]

Hard to tell. The material is just a sound deadening material. That white 'snake' on the very RHS looks like a wire harness sleeve. Do wires come from the engine side through the firewall near that side? That big tangle of wires comes from the center console, touch base on the resistor pack + blowe...