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Re: Day 5, if you count weekend storage! 700 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be Mike Cassaro on  Tue Jul 31 12:07 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Thanks guys for you input & ideas, always greatly appreciated!

It appears that my mechanic who is holding my car hostage for the past five days has narrowed things down to a temp sensor. Seems the readings on his testing show the device sensing the engine as "cold" when it is in fact warmed up, so to speak. Hard to argue, since that would explain the continued high idle after the throttle body & kick down cable replace.

They have fully checked all hoses for leaks etc..& states that he does not want to spend time on anything else until the temp sensor is replaced given the readings he discovered.

I've read the FAQ over & over and I suppose it is better than other probs that could be the cause. Nevertheless, we are not out of the woods yet. As it is a "Turbo" the sensor is not on the shelf local & must be shipped in from Volvo. He also says he thinks the car was "married" with another (oh oh!) since the wiring was hard to trace (I can see more problems on the horizen!). Oh, well I'm taking it in stride (what can you do) although my better half is starting to refer to the sled in unkind terms...

Since I'm the brain whiz that bought the car & THEN did my research, I can only kick myself. Not yet, not giving up. Have hope that I can stabilize this emerging beast & drive her for another 100K (at least that was the original plan).

Thanks again guys for your help, will keep you posted.

Regards,

Mike





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