The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

My car eats fuel relays? 240 89 sedan 200 1989

posted by  MattinMaine on  Thu Oct 13 09:55 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

So...my car stopped running a few weeks ago and it turned out to be a bad fuel relay and in tank fuel pump. Both were replaced with used known to be good parts so that I could make it home. Since then, things have been off. I had a "flying stall" with Check engine light but the car didn't throw any codes. I tracked down a vaccum leak and fixed that, then my fuel relay was HOT HOT so I pulled that off and sure enough it had kicked the bucket so I replaced that, and the check valve was bad so I replaced that. For a couple of days and 40 miles or so it was running fairly well again though not in tip top, and now today around town it was really rough and when I felt the fuel pump relay it was really warm after only 10 miles of driving. There is also a bad smell coming from the middle of the car that I notice when I get out it smells like hot brakes or hot metal, when I feel up in the wheel wells though it's not the brakes...the car has been idleing rough too.
My questions are these...what has killed 3 fuel relays in 1 month, is the hot smell related - or better yet, what is it - and do you think it could be just my main pump failing after the extra stress of the blown in tank one?
--
Thanks everyone! Matt in Maine 88 240 wagon, and 89 240 sedan (85 240 wagon for parts)






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.