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2 problems; Battery drain and cold start; related? 200 1990

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Sat Jan 26 21:18 CST 2013
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Where are you located? Your profile says AL, but you mention New England.

Hard starting is abusive to your battery, and a poorly charged battery causes hard starting.

Before we get into the chicken and the egg -

How well do you maintain your brick?

Old fan belts, dirty battery connections, worn tune up parts, a dirty air filter, a dirty fuel filter, valves out of adjustment, dirty injectors, etc. etc cause starting problems and battery problems.

All of our Volvos started easily after we owned them for a year or so, I always kept them near stage 0.

I recommend taking your car to a dealer before you throw a lot of parts at it.
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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '72 Yamaha Rd400, '68 Honda 350-4, '12 XC70, the first 5 are mine, heh, heh, 525,000 miles put on 10 bricks James A Sousa






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