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by AmericanT4
22 Feb 2020, 10:10
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: Ambient Temp Sensor Location /Replacement 01 S40
Replies: 2
Views: 19924

Re: Ambient Temp Sensor Location /Replacement 01 S40

Great post. Thank you for the info.
by AmericanT4
06 Feb 2020, 08:37
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: looking for preformance upgrades for 2002 S40 1.9T
Replies: 6
Views: 6783

Re: looking for preformance upgrades for 2002 S40 1.9T

Cardid carrys upgraded exhaust parts and coilovers and brake kits. You can also take a TD04L 14T from a s60 2.5t and mount it to your turbine housing. Mamba tek also makes a stage 3 turbo rebuild kit for the stock 12t and 14t as well as a good tune from bsr or upsolute and there is always the cheap ...
by AmericanT4
23 Jan 2020, 14:57
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: 2004 s40 1.9 hard start/wont start
Replies: 25
Views: 7503

Re: 2004 s40 1.9 hard start/wont start

Most of the time the hard start issue on the 1.9t is either fpr has gone bad or you have a bad coolant temp sensor. Both of these parts are common fail issues. Quick fix for coolant sensor. You will notice when u first try to start that the temp gauge actually reads redline so as a safety feature en...
by AmericanT4
03 Nov 2019, 19:59
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: 2001 S40 Turbo engine starts but Exhaust cam lose timing
Replies: 9
Views: 2575

Re: 2001 S40 Turbo engine starts but Exhaust cam lose timing

A common problem with these cars is the oil cooler fails and mixes oil with the coolant and have seen this misdiagnosed as head gasket failure. The oil seals on the oil cap are also know to fail and flood the plugs with oil i would check for cracked oil seal on cap and vvt sylinoid
by AmericanT4
14 Sep 2019, 13:03
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: What is ecm-91 code?
Replies: 12
Views: 10041

Re: What is ecm-91 code?

Did you ever find a solution?
by AmericanT4
12 Sep 2019, 20:01
Forum: Volvo S40 & V40 2000-2004
Topic: What is ecm-91 code?
Replies: 12
Views: 10041

Re: What is ecm-91 code?

Hi My wife was driving the V40 and the car simply shit down in the highway, but it started right up. She took the car to a friend who is a Volvo mechanic and he was kind of alerted ( or what he said is the culprit) by this code Ecm-91 Torque Reduction- DTC stored in DSA What is this? and how could ...