Good day. Here's my saga. Grab a beer, then read.

I have a 1989 Volvo 760 that displays fuel starvation symptoms (loss of power under load during high flow) on occasion. It's an intermittent problem, but I've pretty well got a test for it. I've even selected a section of road not too far from my home to test it on. I go out, go around a sharp turn that leaves me going 15mph into a 2 mile long 60mph zone... Flooring her at the end of that turn usually tells me very quickly if I have a problem -- Once she gets into the 3000RPM zone, she'll stop accellerating, and possibly start slowing down if she is in the right mood.

I have a leak that appears to be the fuel sender collar gasket, which I will be replacing once I have the $$$ and time to remove the old one and show it to the parts place so they can cut a new one. By the by, if you know where I can find a new one of these on the internut or something, please let me know. I've tightened the collar so it dosn't (appear to) leak anymore.

I just got done replacing my fuel filter. I'm so proud that I got it off, got it on, nothing leaks, and nothing exploded or caught on fire.

On the test run to see if that helped-solved the problem, it still suffered on the warm-start run. I pulled into a little street and pulled the in-tank pump's fuse, and it ran fine for about 5 seconds, then stumbled and grumbled for 15 seconds. I got it restarted (eventually). Removed the same fuse at a stop sign and drove it home just fine. Irrational Exuberence, Batman!

So, for those of you who arn't asleep, or on your 15th beer so far, would the correct next logical step be to replace the main fuel filter?

-CancerMan
Luke Gabbard


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89 760 GLE 150k/ 86 740 GLE 240k -- Still going.