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Hello Susan
I've been reading with interest the issues that you have been having with the 240. My best advice to you would be to listen to what Art is recommending rather than to take the car to a "Volvo" mechanic. Some of the best cars that I've owned in recent years were the ones that the Volvo mechanics couldn't fix. There is a wealth of information on this board, but it really works best if you are moderately inclined mechanically and can do some of the repair work yourself rather than take the car to someone that is going to charge you to change parts until they find one that is broken.
About that temperature problem. What Art is suggesting works very well, just rig a bypass on the compensation board, but I have found that in some cases it works just as well to pull the board out and clean the contact surfaces of the four connector pins and sockets. This can be done on the kitchen table in less than an hour with a Phillips screw driver and a pair of needle nose pliers. (my solution several years ago was to install a mechanical gauge in the dash to the right of the instrument cluster and forget about it.)The odometer issue is more than likely the plastic gears turning to mush and stripping, but they are also replaceable.
Enjoy the car, they don't make them like these anymore.
Regards,
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