1998 v70 2.5t auto.

[Tetleysmooth]

As some of you are probably aware, I've been having a battle with this car over a fault code which keeps occurring. It's P0505 idle air control. I've put a good few parts on this to try to cure it, but I've got to put my hands up and say it's beaten me. I read somewhere that a duff coolant temperature sensor can stop the cooling fan working, and that's the part I fitted today, along with a new thermostat. The eml came on again shortly after with the same code. The cooling fan doesn't seem to be working. I substituted the fan relay for a known to be working one, but it still doesn't work. I'm at the limit of my knowledge now, so must give up. Having said that, I still use the car most days and the temperature stays bang on 3 o'clock.
I've put quite a lot of parts on this car since I bought it. When I got it, the rear wiper didn't work. Bought a replacement mechanism and got it working again. The interior lights didn't work, so I took every lock out and fixed the microswitches. They're all working correctly now. I replaced the headlamps with good units sourced from Minty. The sunroof didn't work, but I've fixed that as well.
The car drives lovely, and is very fast when needed. It had new tyres just before I bought it, along with new pads. It also had new struts on the rear hatch, so it doesn't come down and smack you on the head.
The interior is in a mushroom type colour, with the usual shrinkage on the doorcard coverings. The drivers seat has a small split in the cushion.
Nice SC900 radio/cd. It has the 3 cd cartridge which works correctly, but only with genuine cd's. All the night illumination is ok. The gear selector light is not working.
It needs an uprated dipstick. I was going to do this, but not now. Enough is enough.
The car has mot until December 10th.
There is no service history.
The car cost me £500 a few months ago, and as said, I've spent a fair few bob on it. I think an asking price of £450 is more than fair.
If you can fix the idle air and cooling fan problem, you will have a very fair V70 2.5 turbo.
Please note, this car is no beauty queen, but I think it's a fair enough example.

Once again, I tried to post some pictures, but was unable to.