960 getting hot (still)

[rogerthechorister]

She has Nivomats, which at now 60k miles, are still perfect, and I do not have to adjust the headlght beams when towing. So I guess that that rules your supposition out - and it's BOTH edges which can only be underinflation (which it isn't) or over-enthusiastic cornering!

[jonnyf90]

Sorry for posting in a really old thread - but I thought the maximum speed limit for towing anything was 60?

Cheers

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by jonnyf90

Sorry for posting in a really old thread - but I thought the maximum speed limit for towing anything was 60?

Cheers

It is on a motorway or dual carriageway, on all other roads it's 50 assuming you're talking about towing with a car. If you're talking about towing with an HGV/PCV then it's 40 and as far as i remember, vans come under the same rule as cars, as long as the maximum train weight (3.5T) isn't exceeded.

[jonnyf90]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

It is on a motorway or dual carriageway, on all other roads it's 50 assuming you're talking about towing with a car. If you're talking about towing with an HGV/PCV then it's 40 and as far as i remember, vans come under the same rule as cars, as long as the maximum train weight (3.5T) isn't exceeded.

So OP talking about "sway as I got to 70" seems silly then!

Cheers

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by jonnyf90

So OP talking about "sway as I got to 70" seems silly then!

Cheers

Probably not the best idea to deliberately do it, i've had something give some serious sway at 60 when i've been towing (it wasn't a caravan or "normal" trailer) and that was pretty nasty, still not sure how i didn't have a serious accident. Luck more than judgement i think.

[martin calva]

Originally Posted by rogerthechorister

...r - unless - idea occurs to me - the 960 has an autobox computer doesn't it? Can one read the codes in that with the right gadget? I know the not-quite-OBD2 stuff in the 940s does not let you do that but 960 could be different.

I think that 960s up to 1995 use the flash code system (but I am not sure about that).

I think that 1996+ 960, like the V90, uses OBD2 for the engine and gearbox control units, which can be read via an OBD2 adapter and "VOL-FCR" software on a Windows PC or laptop. I had no problem reading the fault codes for my V90, although the only fault that had been recorded was a bad contact in the gear lever switch that happened some years ago.