1996 Volvo 850 Turbo acts like its in winter driving mode

the_lolvo
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:32:12 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

Car is acting very strange - the previous suggestion was the cat. - then also the injectors.

Upgraded to whites after finding that the stock ones were REALLY bad- cracking and falling apart, just nasty shape.

The car seems to run great 50mph+ the turbo spools quick and with power and the engine runs better than ever HOWEVER starting out is pathetic… it feels like winter driving mode (car is forced to start in 3rd gear to prevent slipping…) but the winter button still functions as normal- when pressed the arrow light comes up in the dash.

It wont kick down at lower speeds- taking off from a stop sign I can floor it and it just gradually accelerates… all the way to 5k it will finally shift up… really seems like its stuck in winter driving mode but not telling me…

What is this!?

- Again, engine seems to run very strong at higher speeds but I have very little power at lower speeds for accelerating.

The “kick down” ability seems to be non existent.

EDIT: PNP Switch? just occurred to me? just seems strange… everything seems to act normal otherwise

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