Volvo S60: Sorting out ETM vs Transmission Problems
Installing a new rebuilt transmission without doing the following is fruitless: Full transmission fluid flush Go to a dealer or Volvo indie shop to get rid of the stop neutral transmission “feature”...
View ArticleReset Your Volvo’s Computer = Big Difference
How to do the reset? By simply starving the car’s ECU of electricity. How to Zero out Your Volvo’s Computer and Make it Re-Learn your Driving Style Since all 1990s and 2000s Volvos’ ECU’s have volatile...
View ArticleRough Idle when Warm – V70
ETM cleaning solves idle, MPG problems About 2 years ago, after a major service (approx 110K) I noticed that the idle was a little odd and seemed to hunt slightly on occasions. Over the last 2 years...
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Chip Tune vs. Manual Boost Controller
I shot an email over to my favorite Volvo speed genius Lucky, of Active Research & Development, formerly of iPD, MVS sponsor. He was happy to give his thoughts on the question Chip or Manual Boost...
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Fast Friday #4 — The Boost Variance Problem
Join us for our weekly Fast Friday discussions in the Volvo Performance Forum. They’re posted every Friday, with the purpose of providing understanding of not only how to add performance to your...
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Fast Friday #5 — Injectors, MAFs, and Power
It’s interesting to note that cars with even stock turbochargers are able to max out a MAF sensor as early as 14psi. When I say “Max out the MAF” what I mean is exactly that. The MAF sensor can only...
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Fast Friday #6 — Injectors, MAFs, and Power pt. II
As performance levels rise so too do the necessary supporting components of the engine to reach the power goals you might have. Most fuel system upgrades are pretty straight forward and only consist...
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Review: ARD Green Tune
Another ARD Green Tune Review MVS Volvo Forum user ojdorson writes “It was a real pleasure to deal with Lucky. After a few quick e-mails, I decided to go with his recommendations – ARD Green Tune with...
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Octane And The Turbocharged Engine
Question If higher octane fuels take more energy to ignite and take longer to burn then how can they be considered advantageous when measure against lower octane fuels? Answer Any time you compress...
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How to access ECM & TCM on 850, S70, V70, XC70, C70
How to remove ECU and TCU Modules MVS Forum member gchelidze tells us in text and (24!) photos how to access your ECU and TCU modules from under your Volvo 850, S70, V70, XC70, C70’s hood. He writes:...
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Fuel Cutoff w/ Stock ECU + MBC
Click through for a video example of the Volvo ECU cutting fuel after the parameters go off the map. Now that ambient air temperatures are very low, 9°F (-12°C), the air-fuel mixture is so dense that...
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Piggybacks & SAFC… it’s Fast Friday #27!
ARD owner and tuner Robert “Lucky” Arnold writes When I started tuning years ago the only thing approachable was using a piggyback ECU to adjust fuel and timing on my LH fueled RWD Volvos. Of all the...
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E85 Fuel & Performance
Ethanol is Awesome! Really? Lucky at ARD this week writes about E85, what I believed to be pure evil when taken in the context of efficiency and performance. Not so. “Burn temperatures are lower,...
View ArticleWould Not Buy Again, 2002 V70 N/A
Here is a very interesting post by MVS reader Mike: I just did the Xemodex ETM rebuild a month ago and the problem is completely gone. The 2002 V70 non-turbo has 185k miles on it. I am a moderately...
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Tunes: Does One Size Fit All?
What to Look For in a Chip Tune Lucky of ARD tells us what to look for when shelling out our cash on ECU flashes/chip tunes/”tunes”. This weeks Fast Friday will be a bit on the short side since we’re...
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“628” R ECUs and 850s
MVS Forum member northernlights started a very interesting thread about swapping in R ECUs: “So, I recently installed a 628 ECU and it works great. It feels like I have a little more boost everywhere,...
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Opinions on Manual Boost Control
In response to a request for opinions on how to safely boost a V70, MVS user pkplok posted this link which is specifically about boosting Volkswagens but should work for Volvos as well. Additionally,...
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SAS Delete Theory
MVS Volvo Forums contributor CN90 shares how the SAS delete works: For those of you who also own Volvo, you would be familiar with “SAS Delete”. Remember that virtually all European cars (Volvo, VW,...
View ArticleETM Code P1657 Fix
MVS Forums member JBRollo: I have been trying to fix a code P1657 on a 2000 Volvo S70 for about a week. No other symptoms at all. Finally noticed that the ETM warning light was not lighting up on...
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1998 vs. 1999 Changes & Differences
Well, what are they? MVS Forums member (hey, it’s free, why not register?) j-dawg and the rest of the crew answer this important bit of Volvo trivia. This is actually one of the more interesting bits...
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