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Volvo 740, difficult (now impossible) to start 700 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be Erik Ullsten on  Fri Oct 5 08:19 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I've got a 1990 Volvo 740 Station Wagon, standard 2.3 liter engine. After since I had it parked in the garage for three weeks in July/August it has been difficult to start. Jumpstarting has been the only option every other time.

Finally I got a new battery, new distributor cap and new spark plugs. This didn't help. When I got it started it would very often start on only two or three cylinders and on all four after about 1-2 minutes. Since Monday I can't even jumpstart it. The engine turns but it doesn't seem to get any spark. Last time I tried it even had difficulties turning.

I have thought about putting in new cords to and from the distributor cap but an expert I talked to said that's not likely to be the problem. He suggested temperature guage.

If anyone can advise I would be more than gratefull.

Regards,

Erik





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