Managed 27 mpg on a recent road trip. Mostly highway and rolling hills.
It's a solid 20 mpg in a mix of highway and street driving I do on regular basis.
Running 91 octane for a few tanks and 87 other time with miniscule differences.
35psi in the tires and a pregnant wife in the passenger seat...

No.
Sorry I didn't look closer. Not the same radio.

My radio is the SC 811.

Maybe Richard has the answer when he gets around here...
You basically want to find ground and the right / left output connectors. And which ones they are on that radio is beyond me. It was clearly marked on the card in my ...

Still curious as to the outcome rombijr had...

Just a word about the ECT. If it fails, there will be multiple codes because engine coolant temp is one of the criteria your ECM uses to insure proper fuel mixture related to ambient temp. ECT failure results in what's called a "limp mode": fan on and ...

You never said, but I assume the fan turns on when the A/C is switched on.
If not, do you have continuity from the unplugged black ground wire to the engine block?
Have you checked for codes?

I just did this and boy am I stoked! Beats a CD changer any day in my opinion...and of course the sound is great!
Richard, you are some kind of genius!

Gustafve: when you removed the tape drive, you unplugged it from the top part of "the card". (It's got about 15 or 18 pins across) You have to snag ...

Just wondering if you solved the mystery...the volvo mechanic i bought my '95 850 from fixed a leak at that location by slathering on a pink sealant compound...and it looks like he used it quite liberally. Im betting it's the factory stuff reference previously...whatever, it works. Hopefully you've ...

Was just chatting with a local mechanic about diagnosis of possible chronic leakage from the evaporator on my 850...he said if you've been using dye in the system, it might show up (under black light) at the end of the drain line coming from the evap compartment.
Danged if I know where that drain is ...

I tried the grommet method and it does indeed work! Thanks Michael!
500 miles and still silent.
(Now I'll let my wife test it for a year...I swear when she slams that tailgate, her feet come off the ground and my 850's headlights bulge out...)

I'm with Tri...check your block. Borrow some type of long precision straight edge from a machinist (or maybe the place you had the head surfaced) and see if you can stick a feeler gauge under it when it's on the block surface. I think the tolerance is supposed to be no more than .002 lengthwise ...

Gareth,
If you're running R-134a, your low side pressure should be between 10-33psi while the clutch is engaged, max air and blower on high...or close to it. If its lower during the cycle, you likely have a restriction. (look for frost). Stays high, air flow at condensor or air in the system maybe ...