Right, I'm a guru, mechanical genius (must be, got a code reader ffs!) The code reader is the panacea for all ills as far as cars are concerned and now I have one
Anyway, out this afternoon and following Google - well how the hell else will I find out where all the bits are? Hmm, get some live data someone said but no snapshot on cheapo code readers and the cable is rather short so Mrs M drives back from Selby with yours truly laid across her lap reading the data and writing it down. I think the nice Policeman believed me? Anyway, that live data was next to useless as by the time I'd got the full set everything had changed anyway.
No matter, I have the technology, I can fix this lol
Out with the spanners, serious expression fixed in place and any questions from passing neighbours are met with 'Yep, just checking the MAF is working properly'. They don't know I haven't found it yet lol
Well Google said check the cheapest bits first so checked the plugs were tight and cleaned the coilpack connectors. I had to remove the turbo charge line to do this - hello, why can I get my finger through the hose? Surely you can not be serious???
Working on the principle that member signatures never lie (Dutcho I think), it had no wires, it was rubber so a hammer was out, that only left duct tape (Volvo don't have this part in stock at the mo). Taped it up, test drive - seems good. I'll leave it a week and see if the code comes back - if not I'll order the 75mm hose that's worth £2.50 but Volvo want £25 for and off we go
Car gurus can shoot me now lol