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1998 Volvo C70 2.3 T5 GT Coupe

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1998 Volvo C70 2.3 T5 GT Coupe

Owned between 2009-2014. A truely stunning, powerful and comfortable car. Will be missed Quite a different beast to my old 850. A lot quieter and more refined but not much else seems to keep up if I put my foot down but due to the quiet engine you'd hardly notice! Well apart from when the front squirms around trying to put down 240bhp! (Made a lot better now the trackings been sorted!) Engine Specifications: Standard T5 240bhp Engine Misc.: Yep its got those. Turbocharger & Induction: High Pressure Turbo... <mr burns>excellent</mr burns>. Good for bringing a grin to my face. Fuel & Tuning: Er.... Super Unleaded. Exhaust: Yep its got one. Chromes gone a bit manky in places. Drivetrain: Front wheel drive arg. Weight reduction & transfer: I don't think so, this things damn heavy. Suspension, wheels & tyres: Nice wheels as standard. The GT pack is supposed to have lowered suspension but it looks higher than my old 850 (which is also factory lowered)? Interior: Lovely full beige leather. Exterior: Its turquoise.
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Member:	AndyPants
Created:	Sep 28th, 2009 22:18
Last Modified:	Jul 14th, 2014 21:02
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Author	Comment	Date
AndyPants	Gah even the comments are broken on the gallery pages - cutting off the text...	Feb 27th, 2015
AndyPants	Hi, The hunting of the revs does sound a lot like a problem with the ETM, although if its got the yellow sticker - I think thats typically a sign its already been replaced once. For it to fail again would be quite unusual I would think. I no longer have my C70 so I can't check but maybe giving it a clean and checking everything else is ok would be the first step. I don't think the C70 with ETM has an idle motor but I can't remember. The issue with the lack of boosting and dump valve like sound could very will be that an intercooler hose has popped off or split. I had the same happen to mine and I found that one of the jubilee clips at the bottom of the intercooler - an elbow - had completely rusted through and the hose had popped off. A jubilee clip later and all was well again. Who knows it might even cure your hunting problem? Not sure about the smoking of the exhaust, could be a number of things but I'd check the PCV system incase thats blocked. Certainly well worth getting it so	Feb 27th, 2015
cmbnewi222	Hi aNDY, I have recently bought a 1998 C70 t5 p1, something I've wanted for a while. I bought the car at a reasonably cheap price with the intent of spending money on it to bring it back to it's former glory. I have a question and if anyone can help I'd very much appreciate it. The revs dip below 1k as low as 500rpms then jump up again, hunting basically. Am I right in saying the ETM needs either cleaning first and see how it goes or have it refurbed? Its the yellow stick Magentti one. Also as i get to around the 3,000 rpm mark and the turbo seems to hiss, sounds to me that it has a dump valve however it doesnt and it doesnt boost properly, hesitant to be honest. Could this be either a vaccum pipe from the turbo having a split in it and would this cause smoke from the back of the exhaust on full throttle and a smell of oil? I am new to these cars however have the money to replace the parts and have plans for a remap from BSR to bring it to 294 BHP but need to make sure the necc	Feb 25th, 2015
paulcas	great colour, great photo	Aug 1st, 2014
AndyPants	Thanks, always wanted one in turqoise ever since I saw a convertible one at the British Motorshow in '97 I think it was.	Oct 5th, 2009
b5vts	It's a great colour mate.	Oct 4th, 2009

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