Air flow filter component

rjr1031 · Post by **rjr1031** » 12 Aug 2019, 23:47

I have a 2001 volvo s40 that I bought 15 months ago. The car would run great at times and sounded like a well oiled singer sewing machine but at other times had a hesitation and would sometimes quit but would start right back up about approx 3 months ago it quit while I was leaving work and didn't want to start again. It was acting like it was flooded. Anyway to make a long story short it started getting hot and losing coolant so I thought oh boy another head gasket blown so I kept check on coolant and didn't let it run out or drive it when it was hot . About two weeks ago i took it back to the man i bought it from because he has a mechanic garage business and he ran a compression check and said the head gasket was blown but he thought he could change the spark plugs and it would help it didnt. Honestly i doubt he did anything to the car except cash my check for 140.00 for saying he changed out the spark plugs. A trust worthy mechanic would return old spark plugs with the car. I also ask him to check for any tampering because i had all four tire valve stem caps stolen and a nice flat tire due to a screw being put into my car. Anyways i bought bars stop leak and put it in the coolant system and checked my air filter area and found a wad of duct tape shoved up under my air filter and removed it then my overheating problem was solved. But another ugly problem showed it's ugly head when the car stopped pulling while in gear. I do not know how long the duct tape had been in the air filter component but recently some of the cars where I work have been vandalized. Just curious as what kind of damage this can cause to a vechicle because my car is no longer running and is a complete loss.

rjr1031 · Post by **rjr1031** » 13 Aug 2019, 00:03

This is my answer. The duct tape was put into the air flow system to cause mechanical failure. The air flow system control the vacuum system and control how the car burns emissions in addition to causing pump failure also due to internal components that require fluid to operate at full capacity. To sum it up air flow blockage fouls out the entire engine.