What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

[P80GLT]

@ scot850: snow here but a bit further north, looks like we've missed it this time in Glasgow

@ Sveedy: Last time it was waxed was almost 4 years ago and not been done since, but it's kept in a garage so doesn't get a lot of weather. I use Chemical Guys - 5050 Connoisseur Paste Wax

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[brunocerous]

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Great you got it going! Do you think it was the one loose spark plug wire as the linkage arm still provided throttle input?
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It’s possible, but I’ve no idea. Drove to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and then to D.C. without any issues, so that was fortunate!

[P80GLT]

Before my dinner tonight I came up with the bright idea of washing the 850 in the pouring rain (something I've done plenty of times as it helps prevent scratches). My thinking for this action today was, the car has been sitting in the garage for the last 6 months and had a layer of dust over the paintwork so if I were to dry it off when the rain stopped it would be full of scratches.

At around 9:20 tonight the rain stopped briefly so out I went and fired up the compressor and blew the worst of the water off. A quick towel dry and put the car in the garage, doors opened, the carpet snail turned on and the car should be completely dry by tomorrow morning

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[P80GLT]

So far Storm Kathleen hasn't been as bad as the forecast warned us although I believe that tonight and tomorrow is supposed to be the worst of it. The weather is dry here at the moment and Val spent last night indoors with cold air circulating to remove any water and is all nice and dry now.

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Service light came on yesterday morning when I started the car to go to the MOT station so this morning I did a Service light reset and that's it for another 12 months

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[abscate]

I got pulled over for driving a BMW without any error codes.

“ That’s unnatural, Sir”

Bdub shares my pain

[scot850]

Have you contact the Guiness Book of Records??

Neil.

[454cid]

Changed my HVAC filter for the first time, on my 850. It's much dirtier than I expected. I installed an inexpensive champion charcoal filter in its place. I thought I'd give the charcoal a shot, but didn't want to spend a lot of money on it . It was a RockAuto closeout.

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[ZionXIX]

I wish the charcoal filters were less restrictive.

[454cid]

So far Storm Kathleen hasn't been as bad as the forecast warned us although I believe that tonight and tomorrow is supposed to be the worst of it. The weather is dry here at the moment and Val spent last night indoors with cold air circulating to remove any water and is all nice and dry now.

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Service light came on yesterday morning when I started the car to go to the MOT station so this morning I did a Service light reset and that's it for another 12 months

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I see your side lights (just in front of the mirrors, I have no idea the proper name) are amber. My US market 850 got badges, but when I bought new lights for my 99 S70, after breaking one, I bought a set for my 850, too. The S70 got white/clear, but I bought amber for the 850, as I thought it would compliment the paint better. I have yet to install them, but am hoping to get to it this summer. I still need to buy the connectors, as I'm assuming I don't have the wiring already.

Also, that's the first time I've seen a switch on an OBD2 reader.

[454cid]

I wish the charcoal filters were less restrictive.

I had no idea, but it makes sense. I think this one is more free flowing than the non-charcoal with all the tree crap stuck in it