My 2001 S40 turbo auto was using more petrol than I thought it used to so I filled it up with 98 octane fuel and measured how far I went. It was city driving. But driving in Sydney, I wasn't stuck in traffic jams too much. Anyway, it went 357 km on 55.4L. That's 16.1 L per 100km or 14.6 mpg. That ...

I've been playing around with a DiCE and the VIDA software. For many of the functions, it says to do so and so by "clicking on the VCT 2000 symbol".

What does this mean? I can't see any such symbol in the software, and certainly not on the DiCE.

Does anyone know what this means?

Here's an ...

Shawn, thanks for all the handy info. It'll be useful to many people I'm sure!

I'm wondering one thing about lack of software downloads. Are you able to update the car's software at all -- say, with software available at the time the VIDA software was made? Or does any update require downloads from ...

When you're talking about software downloads, what does that mean? What kind of things could you not do if you can't do software downloading?

Hi all,

Do you think this method for programming a new fob for a 2000 S40 will work? It seems simple and would save a bunch of money. But I don't want to go out and buy a blank fob if someone knows it won't work!

http://www.ehow.com/how_7379101_program ... emote.html

Thanks!
m.

Hi all,

I think the fuel pump on my car is busted. Do you think I'm right? And what's the easiest way to make sure? Here's what happens:

- Usually (but not always) I have to turn the key for about 5 seconds for the car to start.
- More recently, the car intermittently loses power when I put my ...

Thanks mike -- that's really helpful. I just did some looking around, and this website (www.skandix.de) is saying that part is not suitable for my car. It's saying it should be part number 30630594. Could it be because I forgot to mention my car is a turbo?

(Also, I'm confused about whether my car ...

Hi all.

Has anyone seen a guide for changing the fuel pump on an 1999 s40? I'm pretty sure mine's given up the ghost.

Also, anyone know what the best part to use is? Should it be genuine volvo or is there a good alternative?

Cheers,
Michael

Sorry to bump this... I'm still trying to figure this out. I can't find any examples of differences between the series 1 and 2. I'd really like to know!

Hi Kotkaste -- sorry, I didn't notice your reply.

I've been trying to search google images to see if I can see examples of these differences to compare to my own. Can you see examples of the two exteriors? It'd be an enormous help!!!