[Armando Young]

Hello to the Volvo ownwer. I jus tsigned as a new memeber, seeking help witha problem on my 2001-S40. the car has a small engine problem, it stalls from time to time. Volvo rep in the country closed operations. I has some other people put the compuert and get ramdom errors.
Today after cleaning the engine a get a trouble light -the engine light-electronic failure in engine.

any ideas on what steps to follow. the mechanic says the spark plug wires are bad.
Have any heard ot this problem ?

Appreciate the help.

 

[Tech]

First you really aren't supposed to wash engine with a hose.Water gets into the holes by the spark plugs and causes misfiring.You could also have a bad coil or both could be bad.