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Hadrien75 · Nov 25th, 2018, 22:36

Hello guys,

Just bought an nice red 855R, had 20 cars before I have almost never like one as much as this one. I bought the car about 2month ago and drove it back from Stockholm to Paris where i live.
After 2 month of ownership and seing how much i like the car i want to put it in tip top shape.
It was owned by a Volvo Mechanic for 10 years and about 200.000km ( total is 360.000km ) so i was very well taken care of.

Here is everything wrong with it and stuff needed to be done :

- WOT : I can do wot in 1st, almost in 2nd and then 3,4,5 the car accelerates but keeps on cutting power through the acceleration, like it is cutting on purpose. If i just put the pedal at 70% then no problems it accelerates quite nicely.
I am guessing power is there even at 70% cause i touched the speed limiter at 261km/h on the autobahn.

Leak from somewhere ? or plugs ? I am going to do a full stage 0 asap to start fresh anyway.
What are the mandatory things for a nice stage 0 ? The engine bay looks really clean but i am tempted for exemple to change all the vacuum lines... pcv is going to get changed too, should i go ipd or volvo ?

- I have a circular noise coming from the front of the car which is only hearable from the inside, the noise is linked to the speed of the car, the faster i go the faster the click noise appear, above 50kmh the click noise disappear.

- The engine temperature is in the middle of the gauge sitting in traffic or in the city, as soon as i hit the highway or b road, it drops to about 1/3. Thermostat is gone and stuck wide open isn't it ?

- Boost gauge isn't working at all, is there any way to check it ?

- The speedometer and digital counter is working but not the mechanical one. I heard it is a pretty commun 850 problem, is it easy to fix ?

- Last timing belt has been done at 325k km, i am going to have it made soon to start fresh. What are the other things to do while at it ? Water pump of course, but maybe other things too...?

- The air-conditioning isn't working. I think i might bring this to a specialised mechanic or is there a commun problem with those ?

- Being a swedish version, i have the front fog lights which are always on. Is there a way to by pass this ? I mean is this a ECU code that needs to be modify or is it hardware ?

- The commuter switch for the air blower is turning but the air only blows from below the front glass windshield, i can't choose the air to be towards my head, feet, or anywhere else.

- The right side of the car under bumps has a metal noise, i guess some bushing are dead. In this case what is the most commun procedure change all the bushing and start fresh ? Or check one by one and change each which need to be changed ?

Sorry for a lot of questions ! But thanks a lot in advance for the help !

Hadrien

Nov 25th, 2018, 22:36	#1
Hadrien75 New Member Last Online: Nov 7th, 2019 17:48 Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Paris	Here is everything wrong with my 850R Hello guys, Just bought an nice red 855R, had 20 cars before I have almost never like one as much as this one. I bought the car about 2month ago and drove it back from Stockholm to Paris where i live. After 2 month of ownership and seing how much i like the car i want to put it in tip top shape. It was owned by a Volvo Mechanic for 10 years and about 200.000km ( total is 360.000km ) so i was very well taken care of. Here is everything wrong with it and stuff needed to be done : - WOT : I can do wot in 1st, almost in 2nd and then 3,4,5 the car accelerates but keeps on cutting power through the acceleration, like it is cutting on purpose. If i just put the pedal at 70% then no problems it accelerates quite nicely. I am guessing power is there even at 70% cause i touched the speed limiter at 261km/h on the autobahn. Leak from somewhere ? or plugs ? I am going to do a full stage 0 asap to start fresh anyway. What are the mandatory things for a nice stage 0 ? The engine bay looks really clean but i am tempted for exemple to change all the vacuum lines... pcv is going to get changed too, should i go ipd or volvo ? - I have a circular noise coming from the front of the car which is only hearable from the inside, the noise is linked to the speed of the car, the faster i go the faster the click noise appear, above 50kmh the click noise disappear. - The engine temperature is in the middle of the gauge sitting in traffic or in the city, as soon as i hit the highway or b road, it drops to about 1/3. Thermostat is gone and stuck wide open isn't it ? - Boost gauge isn't working at all, is there any way to check it ? - The speedometer and digital counter is working but not the mechanical one. I heard it is a pretty commun 850 problem, is it easy to fix ? - Last timing belt has been done at 325k km, i am going to have it made soon to start fresh. What are the other things to do while at it ? Water pump of course, but maybe other things too...? - The air-conditioning isn't working. I think i might bring this to a specialised mechanic or is there a commun problem with those ? - Being a swedish version, i have the front fog lights which are always on. Is there a way to by pass this ? I mean is this a ECU code that needs to be modify or is it hardware ? - The commuter switch for the air blower is turning but the air only blows from below the front glass windshield, i can't choose the air to be towards my head, feet, or anywhere else. - The right side of the car under bumps has a metal noise, i guess some bushing are dead. In this case what is the most commun procedure change all the bushing and start fresh ? Or check one by one and change each which need to be changed ? Sorry for a lot of questions ! But thanks a lot in advance for the help ! Hadrien Last edited by Hadrien75; Nov 25th, 2018 at 22:52.