Does my engine sound normal.

[02V70]

Ticking noise is ok for these engines. Tappets are loud, injectors are loud, too. Hard to say if the noise is too much, but I don't hear anything immediately abnormal.

Looking at your fresh topics, you need DiCE+VIDA to really take care of this car.

I am having trouble finding a clone DiCE. The only one I could find was on aliexpress, and takes over a month to deliver. Would a code reader that says it can read volvo specific codes like this work? Or does VIDA+DICE have some other functionality that I will need?

[vtl]

I am having trouble finding a clone DiCE. The only one I could find was on aliexpress, and takes over a month to deliver. Would a code reader that says it can read volvo specific codes like this work? Or does VIDA+DICE have some other functionality that I will need?

In theory, any J2534-compatible reader with two CAN buses implemented in hardware will work. I have a clone of xHorse that I use with Toyota Tundra (I lie: it does not break whatsoever, no need to read anything), VIDA "sees" the scanner, however it has only one CAN bus, so VIDA can't reach a better half of the car. If you find such a dual-bus scanner, it will work with VIDA.

[erikv11]

Ticking noise is ok for these engines. Tappets are loud, injectors are loud, too. Hard to say if the noise is too much, but I don't hear anything immediately abnormal.

Looking at your fresh topics, you need DiCE+VIDA to really take care of this car.

I am having trouble finding a clone DiCE. The only one I could find was on aliexpress, and takes over a month to deliver. Would a code reader that says it can read volvo specific codes like this work? Or does VIDA+DICE have some other functionality that I will need?

In case you haven't seen it - check this thread for potential alternatives to DiCE: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forum ... hp?t=96565