I'm quite depressed. My check engine light came on, and I took it to my mechanic. He checked out the codes, and its the air pump. Cost $340 plus $100 for the valve, plus a couple hours of labor..... total $600..

What can I do!?? Any advice appreciated :)

1998 S70 T5

Thanks in advance!

I had a similar thing happen on my wife's 850 (1997) I checked all the items I could...fuses etc couldn't find anything so I reset the code and thought if it was really bad it would come back on. This happen a few weeks ago and so far the check engine light has not come back on. I will probally consider drilling the hole in the pump....VolvoLarry

1. Search the archives. Lots of good advice there.
2. Remove the pump, check volvospeed.com for instructions, drain it, try to run it. If it runs, replace the check valve ($100), drill 1/8" hole in the bottom of the pump so in future it drains itself. If it doesn't run, try disassembling and fixing it.
3. If all the above fails, get a new pump, drill the hole, and get a new valve.

Start by revieiwng the info on the air pump replacement procedure at:

http://volvospeed.com/bay13.htm

maybe you can do it yourself. It should also list the parts so you
can at least call around or check with online parts discounters and
see if the parts prices are reasonable.

Also, check your warranty info in the onwers manual. The air pump
is part of the smog system and some states have minimal warranties
on emission components that exceed the manufactures warranty. California
is one example.

You should also search the archives (below, to the right) for
"air pump" and see what others have done.

You could also do nothing. I don't think drivability will suffer.
If you have an emssion test in your state then eventually it would have
to be fixed but maybe you can time it better to fit in with your
income tas refund :)