What is the ETM on a Volvo?
Volvo cars equipped with five-cylinder gasoline engines (V70 S60 S80) can suffer from rough idle and stalling problems. These cars use a fly-by-wire throttle. The failure is caused by wear in the internal throttle position sensor contacts.
How good is the Volvo D4 engine?
This version develops a meaty 188bhp and 400Nm of torque: that’s 10bhp more than the old, five-cylinder engine. The smaller engine also sheds a handy 30kg of weight. It’s nine-tenths faster from 0-62mph – now taking 7.4 seconds – but the real boon of this downsized engine is its potential fuel economy.
How do you clean a Volvo throttle body?
The terminals are spot welded (yes, WELDED) together to the leads from the computer module. Use small sharp diagonal cutters to separate the terminal leads. The inside of the housing and the position sensor will both have an oily mess. Clean them by spraying with carb spray or contact cleaner.
What’s the best way to clean a throttle?
Most of the debris can be removed by a shop rag however you may have to deal with some harder carbon buildup with a brass bristle wire brush. Use a brass brush, as it’s a softer metal and will not score the throttle. Once it’s clean give it once last wipe down, install with a new gasket, and reinstall the inlet hose.
How do you reattach a throttle body to a car?
Wrap some wire strands around the terminal ends to help hold them together tightly. Solder the terminals together (but NOT to each other!). Use silicone to reattach the cover plate and to seal up the side access hole. Allow the silicone to set up before reinstalling the throttle body to the engine. Almost done! Give the author +30 points!
What’s the top rev limit on a Volvo?
This is a very common failure, that normally starts as an intermittent fault causing the engine to run in ‘limp home mode’ this restricts the vehicle to around 30 MPH and a top rev limit of no more than 3 thousand revs until the ignition is cycled again.