Hoses and such are all in good shape. I forgot to note one possibly related symptom, when started cold the exhaust sound cycles between being muffled to sounding normal. ANYWAY, I bought an IPD TCV and it acts much more normal. When it takes off it keeps going rather than falling off, etc. 12 lbs se...

Learning time again! My boost is all over the place and making the car perform eraticaly. When you first step on the gas it will surge like it really wants to go, falls over, then starts to accelerate better as it gets going. I put an external gage on it to see what is happening, and the results are...

Sorry I took so long to post, I have been busy, and smashed the **** out of my thumb on another project. First, the cams being 4 teeth off. I can only assume that I omitted checking something when I installed a new belt and parts. I remember NOT rolling it over 2 turns and rechecking everything. Les...

Thanks everyone. I found a good set of instructions on setting CVVT, did some research and returning to the operating table this morning.

Today I decided to start at the beginning for troubleshooting. I drove the car into the shop and removed covers to check the timing belt and timing. I had just replaced the belt and components 2000 miles ago, but I have to start somewhere. I aligned the crank drive marks to start. The tick marks wer...

First post. Sorry it's long. I need to be as complete as possible. My current 2007 S60 AWD is trying it's best to kill me, I swear! Only has 122,000 miles and looks like new. I do all my own maintenance as I did on the previous 2, 2001 S40 and 2006 S60. Recently experienced engine surging at idle, a...