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The battery wouldn't hold a charge, so I got a known good battery and put that in. Fired right up! Drove it around a bit, felt good. Parked it, ate dinner, came back out, and it wouldn't start again. I was afraid the same thing would happen to this battery, so I disconnected just it case the alarm or something was draining it slowly. So I took it to the local volvo shop to get the charging system diagnosed, and he didn't find a thing wrong with it. And he said everytime he fired it up, it started fine.

I drove the car, ran a few errands, and on the way back, it starts to "stutter" again. I get it home (thankfully), take it out of gear, and rev the engine a bit, and it died and wouldn't start back up. Called the shop and he said it sounded like a fuel delivery problem. Could that be related to the bad battery though? Or is it just a combination of problems?

Any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.

kristopher

I would replace both battery cables with new, new ground pigtail that goes from the alternator ground to engine block, test the big red wire (under load) from the starter to alternater and ,re-do the connections at the positive battery terminal for the fuel injection voltage supply and accessories wires. IF that don't do it, then on to plan B.
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