Afternoon all; it's been a while (sorry about that) life gets in the way sometimes.
So the V70 is back to being smooth and a joy to drive around after getting all the drop links replaced along with a failed wishbone and bushing at the front left was cause _really weird_ pulling problems under braking. But I'm not here to bore you with that - I'm here to bore you with a question about injector cleaning (and potential replacement).
Basically while the car is brilliant out and about, fair mileage with a lot of round town (and occasionally whoosh whoosh) turning out 43.5mpg on the D5 I have. Starting it from cold (completely, overnight cold) is another matter; it's a struggle and sometimes just a no. As much as I hate to use the stuff I have been forced on 3 occasions (over 2 years) to use the magic "startgas" in the airbox to get it started for something urgent (like getting it to the garage). The battery is good, the starter is good (a couple of minutes turning the engine before the power was even affected - Hi five battery!)
To just clear up that I haven't been daft or scaremongered in to this conclusion: last year's service we change the glow plugs and checked the leads, this year we changed the glow plugs for volvo genuine parts - no change. I've also started running Rhino (
http://www.dieselrhino.co.uk/) and the twice yearly service has covered general wear and tear.
That brings me to my question (s).
If there are some more options before starting down this increasingly expensive route please do tell me but reading here and elsewhere (gasp!) is leading me to the suggestion that this might actually be the problem.
Thanks guys and gals hope you have some thoughts.
~Mr D
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