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High Idle/Running rich (black smoke) 700 1984

I have a 84 760 with a B23Ft, AW71 w/OD that is not running quite right.

I just replaced both the engine and left fender (driver) side wiring harnesses (volvo). I have also replaced all vacum/intake/wastegate hoses.

Both temp senders in the head replaced. Throttle body has been cleaned and set up per the Volvo manual. All injector seals replaced. Idle control valve cleaned. New gaskets as required. AMM not touched but look "OK". Did check resistance and got a reading of 4.1 ohms at 70 degrees F, engine cold. All connections and hose clamps have been checked and rechecked for tightness/fit.

Now the problem: After all the work was done and I started it and the idle went to 1800 rpm or so and would not come down. Grounded the idle control wire per the book and used thumb screw on throttle body to bring the idle to 1000. In doing this the thumb screw bottomed in the bore. Is that normal? It seems to idle OK but it is still about 200 rpm to high.

Problem 2. It drives OK till you try and "floor" it. The engine seems to bog and miss and not want to pick up power/speed (does show boost). I can also see black smoke from the tail pipe. Could it be the O2 sensor? I am open to any suggestions. Thanks







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New High Idle/Running rich (black smoke) [700][1984]
posted by  someone claiming to be Keith LaCrosse  on Sun Oct 18 03:23 CST 1998 >


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