What the Specialist didn't tell me....

[JamesT5]

A few weeks back, I had a diagnostics on the T5 (as some of you will know), and I was advised of an issue with the ignition antenna. But that's not what I went in for, I went in to try and trace the source of my power loss.

I have been thinking about a faulty O2 sensor and/or engine temperature sensor for several weeks now and what I came across today has made me ask why the Specialist failed to tell me about all this (and to think I paid for the 'diagnotics'! ) Obviously quite selective about that they reveal..........

[M-R-P]

Most of those look like spurious or one-off faults that won't affect performance but the lambda and thermostat warnings will be worth resolving.
Just clear the other codes and see what comes back.

[JamesT5]

Most of those look like spurious or one-off faults that won't affect performance but the lambda and thermostat warnings will be worth resolving.
Just clear the other codes and see what comes back.

Yeah, the heated seats and one of the heated mirrors are u/s, I agree that won't affect performance. However, the thermostat or temperature sensor may explain why my car is so sluggish from cold.

To be honest, I'm more worried about the fairly sizeable hydraulic fluid leak from the n/s/f at the moment. Off to the Specialist tomorrow to confirm my theory about the clutch slave cylinder.

[volvokid]

Reset all those codes and drive the car, if something goes out of volvos parameters it wwilllog a code it doesn't mean its faulty.

[silverhorse]

Reset all those codes and drive the car, if something goes out of volvos parameters it wwilllog a code it doesn't mean its faulty.

I agree. when we had all that snow and ice a few years ago, I was doing a lot of wheelspinning and had a lot of ABS and TC activity. Car eventually ££££ itself and threw up a list of red codes. Reset and the snow disappeared and codes never came back.

[JamesT5]

I know my thermostat is dodgy because the needle often sits on the cold side of the red line.

My brake fluid leak was fixed today, it was a damaged copper brake line. £140 including labour!

[claymore]

How did the brake pipe get damaged?

[JamesT5]

How did the brake pipe get damaged?

The do88 pipe rubbed it but only when the car was moving.

[M-R-P]

Which pipe was that? How did an inlet pipe make a hole in it?

[Doingitsideways]

I know my thermostat is dodgy because the needle often sits on the cold side of the red line.

Cold side of the RED line?

Am I missing something here?!

[ExternalError]

how did an inlet pipe rub against your brake hose and make a hole in it you do know the intake is cold until it hits the turbo and gets compressed at which point it heats up so how exactly did it wear your brake hose

[MIKESC70T5]

Martins got a man cave now, so let him sort it out, he's got some new specialist tools, matches and petrol and a hammer lol.

[volvokid]

I know my thermostat is dodgy because the needle often sits on the cold side of the red line.

My brake fluid leak was fixed today, it was a damaged copper brake line. £140 including labour!

I changed my thermostat on the D5 last year because I thought the same, my new one does the same when the outside temperature drops.

[JamesT5]

First of all, "cold side of the red line" was a typo, it should have read "cold side of the center line".

The intake pipe didn't rub a hole in the copper brake line, I'm told that it rubbed against the copper pipe causing the end where it plugs in to the ABS pump motor to wear and brake fluid to come out.

The problem is fixed now so BVS were right and that's what matters.

[JamesT5]

I changed my thermostat on the D5 last year because I thought the same, my new one does the same when the outside temperature drops.

Vida tells me I have either a faulty temperature sensor and/or thermostat.

Interestingly, the heated seats don't work because the heated seat heating elements are broken. Vida tells me the modules are communicating but the seats aren't heating, so it determines that the problem must be in the heating elements.

I need to investigate the heated door mirror problem, that's a PITA on icy mornings as the n/s mirror doesn't defrost. Vida says to check the fuses and then the mirror electrics if that doesn't work.

Good innit!

[V70 Graham]

I need to investigate the heated door mirror problem, that's a PITA on icy mornings as the n/s mirror doesn't defrost. Vida says to check the fuses and then the mirror electrics if that doesn't work.

Mine was the glass, it's quite common for the element to go in them.

[M-R-P]

It's about 15 quid for new glass from PFV. The heater element is known to fail.

[claymore]

I need to investigate the heated door mirror problem, that's a PITA on icy mornings as the n/s mirror doesn't defrost. Vida says to check the fuses and then the mirror electrics if that doesn't work.

Good innit!

Because it's just so hard to clean the mirror before you set off.

[960kg]

Because it's just so hard to clean the mirror before you set off.

You must remember these "modern era" owners have it cushty........i can remember having to wipe the inside windscreen of my mini with a raw potatoe so it would not freeze overnight!!

Now it is my turn to have it easy as my wing mirrors fold in so no frost forms on them...Lol

[M-R-P]

That's just showing off Keith.

I might try the raw spud idea with the starlet tho, takes bloody ages to clear the windscreen.