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Re: '88 240DL has lost power over the last year. 200 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Gallagher on  Mon Jul 23 16:19 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Richard,

When the air mass meter took a dump on my '84 242 back in '92 at about 86K miles, I was sitting at a traffic light. The car had been running fine all day. When the light turned green, the car accelerated normally up to about 15mph and then very abruptly lost power. It surged up and down all the way home, took me about 30 minutes to make the 4 miles back to my driveway. I poked around under the hood for awhile, couldn't figure out what in the hell was going on, and finally broke down and called the dealer. They had me disconnect the AMM (with the ignition OFF) and then start the car. I took it out for a drive around the neighborhood, no more surging, but it really wasn't driveable as it wouldn't revv higher than about 2500rpm. Volvo calls this "limp home mode."

Try this, and let us know what happens.

But remember to turn the ignition OFF before disconnecting your air mass meter, or you will definitely be shopping for a new one!





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