Volvo S80 OBD II encounter

[Stephen J Jacobs]

Did you read the article from the Mopar guys thrashing a Neon, your
little over rev is nothing close to what these guys did.  Nitrous and a
Neon, do mix for a little while.

Take Care,

Stephen Jacobs
SJacobs914 at Juno.com

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:22:15 -0600 Joe Boucher <BoucherJC at lmtas.lmco.com>
writes:
>Went on a business trip this week and lucked out and received a '97
>Volvo S80 instead of a Taurus.  Yee Haw!
>
>I know of a great twisty road in this town where I worked out a Maxima
>SE on a previous trip.  Took the Volvo there.  While playing with the
>shifter, I think I overreved it.  Ooops.  Didn't mean to do that.
>
>Uh, oh.  The check engine light is on.  I was due at the airport soon
>and a needed to get a bite to eat first.  While in the sandwich shop I
>thought about how to get that light off.  Didn't have tools to
>disconnect the battery.  Turning off the car didn't cancel the light.
>
>OH!!  The fuse box!  And look, there is actually a owner's manual in 
>the
>glove box.  Mmmm, fuse panel under hood.  Fuse number xx controls ECU
>and enviromental controls.  Pull fuse, count to 30, replace fuse, 
>start
>car. No light!! Great!  Drive to the airport and jump in the aircraft.
>
>I didn't mean to do something distructive.  I don't think I did.  But 
>I
>did discover that OBD II is not invincible as a watch dog.  I kept
>invisioning a phone call from the rental car company asking why the 
>OBD
>II diagnostic read out showed the engine RPM's hitting 8k.  (The read
>line was 7K and I don't think if I did red line it it wasn't much 
>over.)
>
>And I do feel guilty.
>
>Joe Boucher
>'70 RS/SS Camaro  '81 TBI Suburban
>