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A few issues going on 900 1993

posted by  bauch on  Wed Mar 28 18:33 CST 2007
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I've got a few, rather minor issues going on at the moment with my brick.

First off - I suspect something is going on with the bulb failure relay. Sometimes when the left blinker is on (I don't think it happens with the right), the bulb failure dash light blinks with the blinker. Both the front and rear blinkers work fine however and the blinker speed is not any faster than normal. The bulb failure light/relay also illuminates sometimes when pressing the brake pedal. Again, all of my lights are functioning perfectly fine. I checked through the FAQ and couldn't find anything like this.

A little bit ago, I did have water get into my left tail light - twice causing the rear taillight/brakelight to literally explode (chunk of glass would fly out and it'd turn a swirl of colors inside). Anyways, replaced with the correct Osram Sylvania bulb and it would function fine. That leads me to my next question - is there anything I can do to seal up the taillight? Somehow water is getting in there (only during car washes - both by hand and the automated touchless ones). I don't think it's much - but it seems like it is enough to be causing lights to burst.

Now, finally - my gas mileage is horrible. I get around 350 miles per tank (I've got the ~20 gallon tank) which is roughly 17.5 MPG. Could a bad temperature sensor cause this? I've cleaned the IAC already - which did help idle surges/roughness when the car was cold. However, I believe these problems are unrelated.

Thanks
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'93 Volvo 945 w/128K miles






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