+1 on the CBV.

Also, a worn beyond repair 15G can easily reduce the max. boost. Ask me how I know. You can usually tell by longitudinal movement of the blade and shaft with the fresh air pipe removed.


I've definitely been worried about this, thanks for the tip on how to check wear. The turbo ...

Now to deal with the fact that my turbo is underboosting now -_-.


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I did tcv lines already, the guy before me had them plugged in all wrong or not plugged in, and used 8mm ID ...

It was the plugs! Replaced cap, rotor, wires and plugs. The rest were needed, especially the wires since they fell apart during removal, but the plugs were the source of the issue. Now to deal with the fact that my turbo is underboosting now -_-. Thanks for the advice.

I'm leaving the IPD wires in ...

Hello Queen City, great place!

First place to look on an 850 is the distributor rotor , cap, plug wires, and plugs. Ignition parts life runs 100k mile on these cars so they get neglected.

Fuel injection and ECU failures are 1;5000 type events in comparison.


Okay, good to hear because those ...

Hey guys, just picked up my first Volvo after riding around in my friends' for years. Runs great except for two things. I'm hoping for some help on here because after searching through every Volvo forum I can find I've come up blank. When I'm over about half throttle in 3rd gear, right at 4k RPM ...