In October 2023 this car and I parted ways after 13 good years in favour of a 2020 Hyundai Kona EV

Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe

OBD-II and CAN bus

Adventures with ODB-II and CAN bus.  CAN bus is the protocol, OSI layer 3 construct and OBD-II is the application protocol, possibly layer 5 and up?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II_PIDs

Front bumper scrap repair / respray

Having never tried a repair with just a spray can I thought I'd give it a go with a colour match from the car's data sheet. 

BEFORE:

Before repair

 

AFTER:

After repair

I managed to blend the respray so didn't need to spray the entire panel.

My musings and adventures of a decade of ownership of my Volvo C30 1.6d

OBD-II Codes

  • P1103 (Mass Airflow Sensor in Range But Higher Than Expected)
  • P0089 (Fuel Pressure Regulator 1 Performance)