rare parcel
Hey all, just wanted some quick advice. The Turbocharger control valve on my Volvo C30 went bad recently and is throwing a CEL. There's also sometimes a sudden loss in power when I'm accelerating.
New part comes Wednesday. Was wondering, though, is it okay to drive the car like this until the new part arrives? I don't want to end up causing damage to the turbocharger or something if either spirited or regular driving could do that.
TIA.
inner coral
Hey all, just wanted some quick advice. The Turbocharger control valve on my Vol...
I assume it's the diverter valve thats gone bad, which is the OEM version of a wastegate, but instead of putting the excess boost to atmosphere, it puts it back into the intake. Your car measures the air pressure in the intake manifold, which is how it determines how much fuel it needs.
So basically, you're fine, but I wouldn't beat the piss out of it.
You're basically just losing boost pressure randomly.
But, to be sure, what year is your C30
rare parcel
This is what it told me
inner coral
ECM-603C
Possible source
Fault symptom[s]
ECM-600D
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Fault symptom[s]
rare parcel
yeah funny story
I was blinded by brodozer high beams one night which made me hit this big dip in the road at 30mph
The belly pan thing was found to have fallen down a little bit, and that's exactly where the valve is
I'm guessing this caused that :/
(I know nothing about cars)
inner coral
Very possible. A lot of boost control valves are near the bottom of the engine bay