Okay, here it goes.
I took the advice from my previous post about the timing belt. My husband changed the belt and it is still doing the same thing. It WON'T stay running and won't go over 500 rpm. It idles SO rough it isn't even funny, if you try to give it fuel it dies. So we checked to see if the fuel pump was bad, nope fuel dumps out of the line. It has good compression, between 185 and 200. Then we checked the catalytic converter, not plugged. Changed the fuel filter. Checked the spark plugs, #1 was dirty, the next 2 were not as bad and the last one closest to the firewall came out with a BIG fight. It also broke off when my husband was trying to unscrew it, we got it out and it looked as if it might have been there a long time. Like it had made itself part of the car. LOL
But my question is: Do you folks think that the spark plugs could be the problem? It won't stay running is it is next to impossible to get it to a shop for diagnostics. All the Volvo shops are 20+ miles from my house so towing would be expensive.
Any help/ suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks!!