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Engine races on start-up 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Volvo Voter on  Tue Jul 18 05:43 CST 2006 [RELATED]

Hi! I hve a '94 850 wagon with an interesting problem. When I leave my office for the night, my engine races. I turn the key and it revs to 2500 RPMs and stays there for ten, maybe fifteen seconds. It drops back down to 1000 RPMs, stays there for a moment, and then down into idle at ~750. What's weird is that the car only does it when I leave my office, it doesn't do it in the morning and it doesn't do it when it's warmed up. I live in Atlanta where it's very hot and humid, and I thought maybe the heat had something to do with it? Overall, other than the engine racing on start, it runs fine, idles great, accelerates smoothly, no probs in city or highway driving.

Any idea what the cause might be?






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