Hi All, I've been searching these forums for a problem I encountered the other day and I think this thread may be relevant. 2001 V70 2.3 T5 Auto w/ Geartronic 126,000 miles w/ a transmission that was replaced @ about 80k. Transmission Service Required light on w/ P0740 Torque Converter Clutch Circui...

Cool cool. Well thanks for all the tips/advice here. Much appreciated!

Did the oil fill cap thing a few weeks ago and that didn't change anything. My thoughts when I saw that plug was it was oily and was more sludgy than anything I think. That was a couple months ago so I can't remember that clearly. Definitely not chunks missing though. Just kinda a low res photo that...

Before the first start this morning I did the test on the Schrader valve and got a squirt of fuel so that's good. As far as spark plug gap I did a once over with that but the rough start didn't really seem better or worse after new plugs. I will say that the image uploaded below does look like a bit...

I just posted up a question with a similar issue on my '01 T5. I've been having this rough start after the car has sat overnight. Like yours, after the initial rough start it runs perfectly fine.

Did you ever pinpoint your issue/fix it?

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. 1- Fuel pressure regulator... not familiar with that, any way I could test that or diagnose that? 2- Vacuum leak in charcoal canister... would something like this correct itself that quickly after startup? I mean literally we're talking 2-3 seconds of rough idle. 3- Bad SAS che...

No CEL. Nothing else going on really. I have an OBD II scanner and show nothing on that either...

Hi all, I've got something here that started a couple months ago and I really should take initiative to do something about it before it truly gets cold here in Wisconsin... Nearly 100% of the time when I start my '01 V70 T5 up in the morning it has about 2-3 seconds of "rough idle" before ...