The only ones I know of that are "actually" pre-gapped from the factory and could somewhat be relied upon are the Bosch +4 plugs.
Plugs get the hell beat out of them in manufacturing and shipping.
I had NGK iridiums from my motorcycle that were perfect ~14k miles later. That said, with such minor mileage, of course they were perfect!
98 S70 GLT Misfiring Under Load Topic is solved
-
wizechatmgr
- Posts: 1798
- Joined: 12 January 2017
- Year and Model: 1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4T
- Location: Albany, NY area
- Has thanked: 45 times
- Been thanked: 126 times
- Contact:
Re: 98 S70 GLT Misfiring Under Load
Wisdom requires knowledge as a prerequisite, but knowledge can be developed due to a lack of wisdom.
In order to learn how to fix something, you must first learn how to break it.
1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4 T -- ~231k miles
1998 V70 2.4 NA -- ~184k miles
In order to learn how to fix something, you must first learn how to break it.
1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4 T -- ~231k miles
1998 V70 2.4 NA -- ~184k miles
-
ferocity02
- Posts: 166
- Joined: 25 October 2014
- Year and Model: 1998 S70 GLT
- Location: Califfornia
- Been thanked: 14 times
Well... the misfire has returned approximately 5 months and 1500 miles after I thought I fixed it back in February. Once again, it misfires under load and seems to be worse when the engine is very warm and while climbing hills.
I gave in and purchased the OEM Volvo plugs for the turbo. Seems like a 50/50 split between people using OEM vs. basic copper plugs. I'll drop these in and report back.
I gave in and purchased the OEM Volvo plugs for the turbo. Seems like a 50/50 split between people using OEM vs. basic copper plugs. I'll drop these in and report back.
-
luckykolo
- Posts: 46
- Joined: 22 July 2015
- Year and Model: s70 1998 Base
- Location: United States, Atlanta
- Has thanked: 14 times
- Been thanked: 1 time
Anyone has any experience with resetting misfiring codes? How quickly they are coming back if the problem persists? I just want to eliminate the "ghost" code scenario before diving into serious troubleshooting etc. My car is Volvo 98 s70 Base 150 000 miles and has the history of some codes popping up and disappearing. My code was P0302. I inspected spark plugs for torque - (I replaced them about 6 months ago). Spark Plugs Wire Set is old - 16 years old as a matter in fact. No corrosion. Applied some dielectric grease and put some fuel treatment into the tank. I drove so far about 50 miles. No code. Having said that, monitors on the car are not reset fully. It takes log time on this car. Nevertheless I would think, that misfire would pop up immediately, am I right? Thanks
-
abscate
- MVS Moderator
- Posts: 35273
- Joined: 17 February 2013
- Year and Model: 99: V70s S70s,05 V70
- Location: Port Jefferson Long Island NY
- Has thanked: 1498 times
- Been thanked: 3810 times
No, misfires have to occur for a certain amount of time under certain conditions; it is not a single event trigger. Most error codes work this way.
Empty Nester
A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
Link to Maintenance record thread
A Captain in a Sea of Estrogen
1999-V70-T5M56 2005-V70-M56 1999-S70 VW T4 XC90-in-Red
Link to Maintenance record thread
-
Cookeh
- Posts: 522
- Joined: 14 January 2019
- Year and Model: 1996 Volvo 850 T5
- Location: Ceredigion, Cymru
- Has thanked: 77 times
- Been thanked: 59 times
Coppers are notorious for increasing their gap with usage. Did you by any chance check the gap of them as you removed them? You may have simply needed to re-gap them.
Don't fall for the nonsensical idea that only Volvo plugs will run right on the car - its absolute tosh.
Don't fall for the nonsensical idea that only Volvo plugs will run right on the car - its absolute tosh.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post