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S70 engine revs to 4K and beyond at start up?

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Sommerfeldt
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Re: S70 engine revs to 4K and beyond at start up?

Post by Sommerfeldt »

What the actual. Were you trying to start it with a blow torch? It's super hard to get these cars to catch fire on their own.

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2018 S90 T8 Inscription - glossy black with amber interior and dark as night rear windows.
[Gone] '96 855 T5 - R bumper and spoiler, Koni Yellows & blue H&R springs all 'round.
[Sold] '97 S70 T5
[Gone] '95 855 T5-R - one of the black ones... sadly stolen and wrecked.

NYSmoosehoove
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Year and Model: 1999 S70 N/A
Location: New York

Post by NYSmoosehoove »

Lol not quite,
the fuel rail caught fire— I’m not sure what went wrong but my assumption tells me that a leaky injector might have been the culprit. I purchased the car with about 12 pending codes for $400, no bodily harm to me and it’s getting towed away tomorrow for $300 coming in my direction.
Sad story for a beautiful black t5. I swapped all black leather from my previous model and she was sitting pretty...
wasn’t meant to be.
Previous:
White w/Black Alcantara ‘98 s70 t5 185k>215k “Freyja” (Belgium)
Current:
Black w/two tone taupe/tan ‘99 s70 N/A “Vallkyrie” (Belgium)
83k>

Sommerfeldt
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Post by Sommerfeldt »

Well. As long as no one got hurt - that’s the important part. There’s always another Volvo.

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2018 S90 T8 Inscription - glossy black with amber interior and dark as night rear windows.
[Gone] '96 855 T5 - R bumper and spoiler, Koni Yellows & blue H&R springs all 'round.
[Sold] '97 S70 T5
[Gone] '95 855 T5-R - one of the black ones... sadly stolen and wrecked.

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