most diesel handbooks tell you that it is O.K. to put up to 25% petrol in
the diesel over winter to prevent 'waxing up' at low temperatures.
Does anyone have figure for how much (if any) this reduces the MPG?
If I could cut my diesel with 3* unleaded without suffering loss of MPG or

My front cigar lighter only works for around 20 seconds then shuts off, I
have no problem with the rear cigar lighter
marlen.dez@bankarea.com

ok First off I just drove 3200 KM from Oklahoma to here in Canada. Lets
see where do I start? Well when I would head to work in the morning I
would hear a tick sound from the rear end. When getting the car to move
forward in first gear. As if a CV join is loose in the back? Well now

I need to check the condition of the horn connections inside the
steering wheel. Could anyone give me some instructions on how to get to
the connections? I can't see a way of either removing the front panel
of the steering wheel or the steering wheel itself.

When I test drove an 05 V50 T5, I noticed that the ignition "key" was
a large lump consisting of the remote unlocking transmitter, and a
squarish plastic extension that inserted in a socket in the dash.  
Obviously, the ignition lock function is electronic now, instead of

I have an 89 Volvo 740 GL non-turbo 8-valve sedan. Hard to start,
barely runs unless you give it a lot of gas.... when you put it in
drive it stalls right away. In neutral or park, it won't idle at all,
you have to hold some accelerator all the time, or it will stall.   I

After going at the tranny fill plug on my M47 gearbox two or three
previous times, I went out this AM with purpose. My goal was to get
the thing out even if it took explosives.. well, not quite, but I
wasn't going to quit until it was out.

I have just upgraded my HU-613 to a HU-803. But i 2 problems.
1. The steering wheel buttons does not work anymore
2. The is no ligtht in the buttons on the radio
Anybody knows what's wrong?

Here's my site:
http://newmarketvolvo.tripod.com
What I wrote are quotes from the sales people, the financial services
manager, etc. We even have paper to backup most of the stuff written on

1993 850 2.5 20 v glt
Its back...........The car drives fine and sometimes the arrow goes on its
own. The fault codes never read the same, If I clear the codes, all will be
OK for a while and then back it comes pointing up to heaven.

I am thinking about to buy a V70 with GPS (2001). Do everybody knows
something about maps of Poland for this system?
Maybe somebody can help me to find the producer of this system, whom I can
ask directly?

As mentioned previously, seriously considering  the purchase of a 2000 XC
70..... 149,000 km on it....BUT
Just spoke with the previous owner (now at a lot) who described having had
"oil sludge scraped out of the oil pan and LOTS of cleaner flushed through

I have a ’94 Volvo 850 and a while ago it started stalling.  It has a
bit of a rough idle that has improved a little with non-ethanol fuel
and fuel injector cleaner.  I honestly don’t know if that is related
to the main problem.

Is there a spark tester available of inductive type that clamps on to
a spark plug wire to test for presence of high-voltage pulse?

I own a 2000 S70 non-turbo with 100,000 miles on it and recently the
ETS light has started to come on intermittently. I usually pull over,
stop the engine then start again after 30 seconds and the light is
gone. Usually I can drive another 20 to 200 kilometers before this