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    Wife, I need a car

    By pinguin

    For the past few years, I've been driving a 2011 Forester. It had standard 15 year old Subaru issues (significant oil leakage, worn out mount, rusting exhaust, etc.) The plan was to replace a couple dented doors with junkyard units paint it one color, pull the engine and refresh it. Then we had a hail storm come through and it took it hard. The next day, @MistrThou messaged me out of the blue, saying he was told he could get a motorcycle if he got rid of his Volvo. He wasn't... Read more

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    EQ 6016 wiring help please!

    By stiligFox

    Hello all! I need some help wiring my EQ from a 780 to my radio for a 960. The official wiring diagram has it as follows - GN - Constant + (2A) R - Antenna GR - Ground BL - B+ (5A) But this is wrong! I hooked Red to red antenna on the 960 wiring harness - so far so good. I hooked black to main power, but that caused me to blow fuses. Turns out that black is ground, not gray! So I have it as follows: EQ wire > 960 Radio Harness Red > Red (Antenna) Green > Green/Brown striped (Main power... Read more

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    Discovered that my 94 960 had redblock fuel injectors…

    By frankiefurter

    every time i work in my engine bay, i swear i find some odd thing like this. i also got this car to teach myself how to work on my own car, as a project if you will, so i typically don’t know much about a particular component/system until the first time i start some work on it, such is the case here. I installed a new FPR and fuel filter, and while checking my injectors out i found these bad boys… looked up the replacement injectors for my car and found they looked quite... Read more

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    Regina heads

    By oleseahorse

    So I have a 92 740 Regina. Not sure what happened first - the fuel pressure dropped to 25 psi causing lack of acceleration, some bogging etc. Pressure should be 43 psi. Also, the fuel pump checkvalve failed and allowed even the 25 psi to bleed back within seconds. As a result, I have to cycle the key (to prime the pump and build pressure in the rail) to start the car without excessively long crank time. So I replaced the pump w an fcp proparts unit. Now 25psi, same miserable running... Read more

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    TD04 water cooling with 6mm tubing

    By snfriedm

    I am +t-ing my 240 and I was planning on using 6mm tubing for the water cooling (both from radiator hose to turbo and from turbo to expansion tank) since I have some lying around, but supposedly they have 10mm tubing from the factory. Is the smaller hose, with its reduced flow, unwise? Will my turbo go kaboom? In my eyes there still is water cooling so it shouldn't be too bad, but I want to see what other smarter people think. Thanks.

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    LH 2.4 injector driver keeps dying

    By Continental drift

    I recently had an issue with a dead transistor in my LH box ( https://turbobricks.com/index.php?threads/injector-signal-grounded-on-lh2-4.384447/ ) and replacing the component did help... for a while. I had ran the engine for a total of about half an hour with the new injector driver, when it promptly died while idling, was stubborn to restart, and didn't keep running for long. Diving under the hood after the engine had died again, the injectors were rattling at a random pace with the... Read more

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    B204FT/GT - EGTC

    By NYBRU

    Hi, I have a faulty EGTC module (code 3-4-4 in socket 2), that mean no signal or out of range. They are barely impossible to find and very expensive. Also, they are not designed to be repaired so I dont really have way to make my car run... I want to create my own module that simulate the EGTC. But anyone know the specifications of the singal generated ? I read that it is a PWM with a duty cycle changing with the temp of the sensor up to 900°C, but what's the fréquency ? Amplitude ? How... Read more

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    Partially manual-converted 1990 240 DL -- looking for a 3.31 axle

    By Thoragaverung

    Hi, I bought this wagon last July and I've been working on it steadily. It has a manual transmission but the rear-end it started life with. So far I have: Replaced timing belt and tensioners Replaced front struts Replaced inner and outer tie rods Replaced antisway bar bushings Replaced panhard rod and torsion rods with IPD units Replaced lower trailing arms Replaced rear shocks Replaced missing catalytic converter Replaced O2 sensor Replaced exhaust... Read more

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    That sinking feeling again...1990 740 GLE sinking brake pedal

    By ZVOLV

    My 1990 740 GLE 16V has a slightly sinking pedal. I think the front brakes may be doing all the work and the rears are just along for the ride. I have a feeling the master cylinder is the issue, but I would hate to swap it out and have there be another issue. The master is rusty externally and I see a little seepage where it mates to the booster. The front pads are worn down. I gotta check the rears. I have heard of using an infrared temp gun on all four corners. I may try that, but what... Read more

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    Cosbysweater's Lowered Om606 Wagon Build

    By cosbySweater

    Well here we go again with another build thread...... I recently sold my turbo ls powered 244 to get a early wagon. I talked to my friends at sts machining and they had one. Ive always been a huge fan of the early scotia cars mainly because my first real car was a 1985 scotia wagon. So we settled on a deal and my girlfriend and I flew up and picked up the wagon. We drove it back to california just as the horrendous oregon wildfires were starting and it was a bit of an adventure. under the... Read more

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    LH2.4 and EZ116K Diagnostic Trouble Code Details

    By bobxyz

    Over the years, I've been collecting LH2.4 and EZ116K diagnostic information from various Greenbooks, and other sources. I've put together a spreadsheet that combines all the information. Some of the Greenbooks include detailed descriptions that can help understand and fix the issues. The spreadsheet is setup so that you can select just the trouble code(s) of interest to see the descriptions from all the sources. I've also attached a .pdf printout of the whole file for folks who don't... Read more

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    I want more boost!

    By Mr. Brown

    Hi, I can't get my manifold pressure above about 170 kPa (0.7 bar of boost). That is just above the advertised wastegate spring pressure of 0.6 bar. I reach 155 kPa fairly quickly. From 155 to 170 kPa takes much longer and the curve flattens out. Then it stays capped at 170 kPa. I don't know if that is normal. My setup is a B230FK with a 16T, a 3 inch exhaust, a KL intercooler, stock CBV, and Megasquirt engine management with a boost solenoid. Changing the boost duty table between 0% and... Read more

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    Need Help with EGR/Hose Routing in 1988 744 Turbo

    By kirbyfan

    Hi Everyone! I'm troubleshooting some issues with the turbo not driving power to the engine and tracing a bunch of air/vacuum leaks to the intake/exhaust around the turbo. I'm going to replace the turbo coupler soon™, but I'm very confused by the current routing of the intake/exhaust into/out of the EGR. Could somebody ELI5 this for me? I'm pretty green and can't make heads or tails of the sparse diagrams I've been able to find floating around. Pics attached. (Also, what is this threaded... Read more

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    My 1981 242 DL

    By adomz

    Hey all! So finally, after a long long time and waiting i present you my 1981 242 DL that i bought around one and a half years ago over the phone from Lithuania, where i am from originally. The car has finally arrived to the UK on the 30th of June, and now it will be stored in the unit that we are finishing building till it's all up and running and i can actually start tearing it apart to see what needs to be done. I will add pictures and a little video or two later on whenever it all... Read more

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    Poly-V/Serpentine belt drive for B20

    By 244tiCanuck

    Hey folks, Since I've dipped in to the world of pushrod performance, I've seen written in a couple places that putting a 100 amp alternator on a B18/B20 is a bad idea. This is because the V-belt doesn't wrap much around the pulley, and to tension it enough to make it work, you end up wrecking the water pump and water pump pulley. This information did not please me. I need a lot of amps for my Amazon project, as it's getting EPAS and electric air conditioning. So I decided it needs to... Read more

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    New shop mascot (Amazon 220 Wagon content)

    By 244tiCanuck

    So after deciding my 1800 was too rusty (actually not that bad, no structural rust, just exterior panels, but I don't do rust repair) and selling it, we found something else. 1966 Amazon that had a complete, stripped, soda blasted, rust repaired with steel, etching primer and paint, nut and bolt restoration done and then fell victim to the EV-swap craze. It has 15" Dayton wire wheels. Anyone want to buy them? I hate them on this car, I think they'd look good on a P1800 or something. Dude... Read more

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    Turbo recommendation?!

    By LadiesMan217

    Hi all, this is my first post on turbobricks (or any forum for that matter) so let me know if its in the wrong place etc etc... I am changing from a questionable exhaust manifold / turbo set up to a tubular manifold and new turbo but have no clue what to go for really, please see the below car and mod details - Volvo 940 B200FT engine (13mm rods) 530 head M46 gearbox (Boo) Big front mount intercooler VXR Injectors (470cc) Classic swede stage 3 chip (gold EZK) Manual boost controller... Read more

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    Just what the world needs, another V8 swapped Volvo!

    By bogmire

    Greetings TurboBrickians, After years of watching from a distance, I finally made the plunge into the Volvo world. Back in August I purchased a 1995 940 NA Sedan with 240,000 miles on the clock. It had a slight stumble on acceleration, which was fixed with a new CPS. Other than that, the car is great. Comfortable, efficient, unsuspecting, big upgrade from my previous hot rod, a turbo LM7 swapped 87 S10. But there's one issue, It's sloooooowww (And the A/C doesn't function) So I'm doing... Read more

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