2001 S80 T6 Throttle / accleration

fireman24mn · Post by **fireman24mn** » 16 Oct 2013, 17:04

I have a 2001 volvo S80 T6. When driving the throttle will suddenly become non responsive. You push the pedal and nothing. Then suddenly it will work again last few days it has worked fine. Now on my way to look at a house nothing and wouldn't take off from the light very fast. Then all the sudden it just started working again drove there and home no problem. I just today replaced the MAF sensor with a new Bosch one. No stored codes and no lights. I did about 2 weeks ago have a code P1238 that I cleared. I did a lot of searching and it seemed that this could possibly be a bad MAF from the symptoms I have been having. Could it be the turbo control valve? Or is it time to buy a new ETM? I really dont want to spend 500 on a ETM unless that is really the problem. It seems to be very intermittent and seems worse on warmer days. Thanks for any help.

SimLyons · Post by **SimLyons** » 19 Oct 2013, 00:36

Before throwing those dollars on a new ETM, get a can of carb cleaner, a small brass brush. (like the size of a toothbrush). Follow the instructions for cleaning the ETM and it just might feel like a new car with only a few $$ outlay. The instructions are at the beginning of the S80 forum, by Matt (along with about a dozen other topics), Good luck!