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Hi there! Newish Volvo owner from Portland, Oregon

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Scholz
Posts: 65
Joined: 23 July 2015
Year and Model: 1998 S70T-5
Location: Portland, OR USA

Hi there! Newish Volvo owner from Portland, Oregon

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Well hello! I'm a 30year old dude from Portland, Oregon by way of Salt Lake City, UT and Central california. I basically fell into my 1998 Volvo S70T-5 back on Valentines day of this year and let me tell you the day was appropriate! She's been an amazingly fun car to drive. She's got 277k miles on her but man is that engine still trucking. Using a Bluetooth OBDII adapter and the "Torque" App on my android to monitor her health.

I've been lurking on this forum board as well as a few others as I've become accustomed to her layout and particular quirks. (Have historically worked on and driven fords and hondas) Took me a week or so to get used to not only the transverse mounting but to me the intake and exhaust seem backwards. :D She needed a complete PCV overhaul which was a great learning tool for me on the engine. Did it myself with a kit suggested here, new manifold/throttle body gaskets as well and all that jazz long with a full ignition tune up. Had the fuel pump die out on me two months ago about a mile from the house. How excited i was when i determined it was accessed in the trunk. So I got that done and changed the fuel filter with it, Its hard to say but i wouldn't be surprised if the filter was 10 years old.

At any rate, I just wanted to say hello and thank you so far! She's running a bit rich at the moment and the ECU is dumping fuel and stumbling a bit/loss of power intermittently but I'm going to try to narrow that baby down before i post asking for help as I am sure the knowledge is right here!Image

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