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-10°F Starting Suggestions 200 1990

posted by  matt82dl on  Fri Feb 1 10:25 CST 2013
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Hello,

Not a good week in Wisconsin for our Volvos. Alternator issues have kept my wife's 940 out of commission all week, while this morning I couldn't get the 240 started.

This question is regarding the 240...

We have had cold weather all week, lows in the single digits. The car has started flawlessly all week. This morning it was close to 10 below °F. Usually when the car is cranking I can tell when its going to catch. 3 revs... bam it starts. This morning I think I backed off of the key a split second too early... I heard it fire once or twice but it didn't catch and start running before I let pressure off the key.

"No problem", I thought, I've been over-zealous in judging the startup before and the car always starts on the 2nd attempt... it just takes a bit longer.
Not in this weather though. I feel like I just couldnt get the RPMs required to get it started. Plus I couldnt use the 940 to jump because it's alternator is at the shop getting rebuilt. I felt like crawling into a hole.

So I borrowed a friends car and am now at work. The 240 is in the sun, battery charging. Before I left I checked the 25 A fuse and the in-car fuses and distributor cap. I might pull and clean and/or replace the plugs before I attempt to start again. Any other suggestions?

I have no reason to think its the fuel relay or crank sensor as those have been replaced within the last few years. I really think it's operator error coupled with the bitter cold.

thanks all!
Matt





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