quick survey ladies and gents- if ur runnin iridium plugs in your volvos, which are the best, as in, cost vs. performance, and, is there a section somewhere on this board that may be able to answer what to do to put a bandaid on one bad cylinder, which, fouled out a cheapy plug today, after 4 days of use, whle i try and find a used short block, or long block("93 960, 2.9 ltr 24 vlv, 280000miles). i threw in some restore the other day, which slowed the consumption of oil way down, and even a little of the smokin this thing does upon take-off, in other words, it doesn't look quite like a mosquito truck,@ the moment!
We are katrina survivors, and i need to make this car last,(i'm lucky i was able to get this car in the first place!) and keep it running as best i can, as i'm due for some serious surgeries, and my daughter issss goin to have to be my chauffeur for quite a while, so that's why i'm tryin to iron out all of these problems now, while i still can.
today, it fouled out the # 3 plug, which i installed last thursday, some cheapy Autolites, but, they work great in almost anything you stick'em in.
now, i've got a check engine light, which, also is a new development. i'm waitin on a friend to send me a real manual on this car, but i'd like to know if anyone knows how to reset the ecm, so's i can look at the dash w/o lookin at that damned light. i know there is a way, as there is a reset button on the left inside fender, but i'm not foolin around with it w/o some serious instructions, like i said, i don't want to make it worse!
anyway, any suggestions, or thoughts on how to keep this thing from foulin plugs whenever it wants for now, would be greatly apprecated, as well as any help someone might be able to impart to me on resetting the ecm, i've already tried pullin the terminal on the battery, but to no avail, like i said, i know there is a way w/ the button on the left inside fender, i've seen it done, just don't want to make things worse...thanks in advance, louis
We are katrina survivors, and i need to make this car last,(i'm lucky i was able to get this car in the first place!) and keep it running as best i can, as i'm due for some serious surgeries, and my daughter issss goin to have to be my chauffeur for quite a while, so that's why i'm tryin to iron out all of these problems now, while i still can.
today, it fouled out the # 3 plug, which i installed last thursday, some cheapy Autolites, but, they work great in almost anything you stick'em in.
now, i've got a check engine light, which, also is a new development. i'm waitin on a friend to send me a real manual on this car, but i'd like to know if anyone knows how to reset the ecm, so's i can look at the dash w/o lookin at that damned light. i know there is a way, as there is a reset button on the left inside fender, but i'm not foolin around with it w/o some serious instructions, like i said, i don't want to make it worse!
anyway, any suggestions, or thoughts on how to keep this thing from foulin plugs whenever it wants for now, would be greatly apprecated, as well as any help someone might be able to impart to me on resetting the ecm, i've already tried pullin the terminal on the battery, but to no avail, like i said, i know there is a way w/ the button on the left inside fender, i've seen it done, just don't want to make things worse...thanks in advance, louis