I have a 1984 240 turbo/intercooler wagon. I bought it last May with about 150K miles on it. It ran great for a few months and then started having problems. I took it to a Volvo mechanic in the area that other Volvo owners recommended. They fixed the first few problems ok. But lately (like for the last 5 months) they "fix" something, then a few weeks later I have to take the car back and have them re-fix it. Case in point:
1. car stutters and dies - they replace the fuel pre-pump.
2. one week later, it is doing the same thing - they replace the fuel line.
3. a few weeks later, it is making wheezing sounds and it dies at the food market - they replace the main fuel pump.
4. Days later it is wheezing and leaking fuel - they tighten stuff up.
5. A week later - it is still wheezing - they replace the mail fuel pump.

As with prior occasions, they claimed the fuel pump was defective. Then this morning, with the new pump in, they said, well, it still makes that sound so I guess that it is normal. These are Volvo "specialists". If this sound is normal, why are they surprised and why didn't my car make these sounds before?

So is it my car or my mechanic? I realize that I bought a mid-life car and that some things just had to be replaced, (brakes, alternator, bushings, shocks, struts, to name a few). But some of these things have been replaced twice, in a short period of time, like the fuel pump. The office manager type at the shop tell's me that I just got a lemon. I don't think that they even drive the car around after they have "repaired" it to see if it has stopped doing whatever I brought it in for. Argh.

Advice? Is it a defective fuel pump? Do I just live with the noise? I am trying to get them to fix once and for all everything that they worked on and then I am going to find another mechanic.

THanks!
Sylla