thedreys Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 My s70 will not pass state emissions check because some of the inputs are not complete. I reset the check engine light about 300 miles ago and would think by now it would have enough input on it. It runs great and throws no new codes. :monkey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfeener Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 I have a 98 S70 as well and have had the same issue getting the monitor routines to run. One time after I did some work and reset a CEL I drove the car for 1500 miles over a 2 month period and the monitor routines hadn't even started to run. What I usually do when this happens is reset it again and drive for a few hundred miles. If the routines still haven't started to complete I reset it again. I find that once the routines start to run, they will complete within a few hundred miles, but if I have driven 500 miles or so and the routines haven't started to run, they will never start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteT5 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Dealer should be able to set adaptives w/ the VCT tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 All M-4.3 and 4.4 cars in most states are exempt from needing ALL the readiness codes. There is a glitch in the ECU that does not commit all the readiness parameters to non- volatile memory, so every time the car is started the ECU needs to go make most of the checks again. This can take months of driving. The “smog test machine” knows these cars are exempt but the problem is the smog tech needs to choose a model from the menu and not type in the car individually. For example; when the tech puts in “98 Volvo” and is given a choice of V70, C70 and you have a S-70 tell him to choose something from the menu and go with it otherwise the machine does not know the car is exempt. I have dealt with this problem with the state of California and was instrumental in getting these cars exempt from needing all (more accurately all but one) readiness codes set. There is a Volvo bulletin as well as a California appendix addition (90 something??) about there 3.4 and 4.4 cars. Another thing I should add is that if the car will not set MOST of the readiness codes you need to reset the adaptive on the ECU and start driving it all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebor Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Yeah, here in Texas the S70 is allowed 2 "not ready" codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedreys Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 All M-4.3 and 4.4 cars in most states are exempt from needing ALL the readiness codes. There is a glitch in the ECU that does not commit all the readiness parameters to non- volatile memory, so every time the car is started the ECU needs to go make most of the checks again. This can take months of driving. The “smog test machine” knows these cars are exempt but the problem is the smog tech needs to choose a model from the menu and not type in the car individually. For example; when the tech puts in “98 Volvo” and is given a choice of V70, C70 and you have a S-70 tell him to choose something from the menu and go with it otherwise the machine does not know the car is exempt. I have dealt with this problem with the state of California and was instrumental in getting these cars exempt from needing all (more accurately all but one) readiness codes set. There is a Volvo bulletin as well as a California appendix addition (90 something??) about there 3.4 and 4.4 cars. Another thing I should add is that if the car will not set MOST of the readiness codes you need to reset the adaptive on the ECU and start driving it all over again.How do you reset the adaptives on the ecu ? Is this like clearing the ecu codes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64pvolvo1800 Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 My s70 will not pass state emissions check because some of the inputs are not complete. I reset the check engine light about 300 miles ago and would think by now it would have enough input on it. It runs great and throws no new codes. I have two 98's . One of them has always sailed right through and the other has been finicky. Two years in a row right after Ga took on OBD testing I had to get waivers because the state software wouldn't accept a lack of a code as no code set. "Not ready" was a pain in the jerk for me. Volvo was worthless when I went to them . They gave me a list of driving stunts to do that would help it get "ready", but when those failed, they said I just had to drive the car for awhile to get it "ready" . I reset the ECU and drove it for almost two weeks before it was ready again. During those two years the state finally fixed their software to allow S70's to pass. As I stated, my S70T5 never even brought about a hiccup from the machine, so i 'm dumbfounded as to the difference between the two. Also, since those two years I have had no problem sailing though with either car .Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeInJapan Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Disconnect the battery for about 20 minutes...should reset the ECU. You then start all over trying to set the adaptives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedreys Posted July 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Disconnect the battery for about 20 minutes...should reset the ECU. You then start all over trying to set the adaptives.I have reset the ecu five times and it still will not lock on to all prameters. both my s70's are giving me pain ! My silver one has no compression in the #2 cyl and Im looking for a engine to swap out. volvo heads are such a pain that it is just easer to put a pull-out engine I think I'm going to buy a salavage t5 from verastar auctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlvinL Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Pinned posts...http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?s...mp;#entry381921http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?s...mp;#entry586845 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedreys Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Pinned posts...http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?s...mp;#entry381921http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?s...mp;#entry586845TK's will give that a try :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedreys Posted July 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 TK's will give that a try This worked very well !!! What a pain in the a$$ trying to get the car to store codes. I made alot of new friends here in Atlanta driving 2000 RPM on the hwy. But it worked well. Thank you very much :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64pvolvo1800 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 This worked very well !!! What a pain in the a$$ trying to get the car to store codes. I made alot of new friends here in Atlanta driving 2000 RPM on the hwy. But it worked well. Thank you very much Hey, was that you I flipped off? Just kidding. Where are you in Atl? Vinings here. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedreys Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Hey, was that you I flipped off? Just kidding. Where are you in Atl? Vinings here. South Stockbridge :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLVerg Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 All M-4.3 and 4.4 cars in most states are exempt from needing ALL the readiness codes. There is a glitch in the ECU that does not commit all the readiness parameters to non- volatile memory, so every time the car is started the ECU needs to go make most of the checks again. This can take months of driving. The “smog test machine” knows these cars are exempt but the problem is the smog tech needs to choose a model from the menu and not type in the car individually. For example; when the tech puts in “98 Volvo” and is given a choice of V70, C70 and you have a S-70 tell him to choose something from the menu and go with it otherwise the machine does not know the car is exempt. I have dealt with this problem with the state of California and was instrumental in getting these cars exempt from needing all (more accurately all but one) readiness codes set. There is a Volvo bulletin as well as a California appendix addition (90 something??) about there 3.4 and 4.4 cars. Another thing I should add is that if the car will not set MOST of the readiness codes you need to reset the adaptive on the ECU and start driving it all over again.Seamus, could any Test Only Smog station do this exemption ? I brought my car to one and they said that I need to call the California DMV REFEREE and explain my situation. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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