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Revving at high speeds. 200 1989

posted by  muskox37 on  Sun Feb 11 12:47 CST 2024
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Yesterday I bought a 1989 Volvo 244 with automatic transmission. It has been sitting for eight years.

Previous owner said it was revving too fast at highway speeds so he switched to another car.

Car will not start but does turn over vigorously. Owner suspects fuel pump or fuel filter but he proclaimed to me that he is not a mechanic. I am having the car towed to a trusted mechanic tomorrow.

Is there a problem with these cars at speeds? I drove a 242 manual with overdrive for many years and it always was able to maintain highway speeds as required.

Been driving a 940 over the last few years and it certainly can handle speeds and it runs an automatic.

Just trying to get an idea of the capabilities of the car.






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