I've finally found the problem and what threw me was the age of the aftermarket KEM (WWW.kemproducts.com) o2 sensor that I put in the car. It was 6 months old and began acting up.
The symptoms were that it would work fine in cold and extreme cold but would bog intermittently after it warmed up. (idle was also lumpy)(Codes produced:221 231 113) Then, all of a sudden, it would work fine. It seemed that when the car was turned off , left for 5 minutes, it would bog for 5 minutes after start up. When I say bog, I mean, that you could hold the gas to the floor and it would not exceed 3000 rpm. It was particularly pronounced after I reset the computer codes by pulling the negative battery terminal. Gas mileage also suffered (about a 20% decrease)
I checked the O2 sensor and the heater was reading 2 meg (million) ohm instead of the 5 ohm specification. There was some function from the sensor but it was reading 1.3 volts (not the .1 - .9 volt according to specification.
As near as I can tell, the car was trying to get into closed loop mode but failing and then after the 5 minute period would go back into open loop mode and fluctuate back and forth as the sensor warmed up... (but in and out of spec)
The car worked well after pulling the heater plug from the o2 sensor ( the passenger side firewall)
I have done some research into replacement O2 sensors and there is a compatable O2 for a 1989 Taurus 4 cylinder Bosch product number 13953. I am going to try this because it is $67 from canadian tire and the volvo part is $260.00. Bosch also makes a generic replacement O2, part number 15725 with a sealed connector for about $110 Canadian ( you can quote bosch part number and they can find it)
Regardless of this problem (an agravation at best) Volvo rules in relaibility 335000 km and still solid (the last 130000 cost less than $500 in parts)
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