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what is it 200 1989

hi guys back from a long tour of Ohio in my volvo and I notice that everytime I turn off the lights I get this shutter almost stall situation. I have read on the site of this happening to others but my memory fails me to what the cause was. do anyone have any ideals. thanks 240/89/490000 miles








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what is it 200 1989

Good going! Not too many of us have taken our 240s that far!

The shudder is the half-million mile warning alert.
As soon as you pass the 500K miles mark the shudder will clear up.

Just kidding of course, about the warning alert.

I haven't heard of that shudder before. I'm very interested to see the answers posted on this one.

I do know that the '89 has a main headlight relay located on drivers kick panel. And I know that killing power to a relay can/will cause a high voltage back emf into the system. Some relays (not the Volvo headlight one) have a diode built in to reroute and dissipate that voltage.

If you get no other answers, I'd clean up all the contacts for that relay (1" gray metal cube with white connector and 5 terminals on drivers kick panel). I'd especially clean up the relay coil's ground which is the black wire at terminal #85.
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Sven: '89 245 NA, 951 ECU, expanded air dam, forward belly pan reaches oem belly pan, airbox heater upgraded, E-fan, 205/65-15 at 50 psi, IPD sways, no a/c-p/s belt, E-Codes, amber front corner reflectors, aero front face, quad horns, tach, small clock.







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