The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

89 240 Engine Problems 200

posted by  byaspan on  Tue Dec 9 17:53 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site because I hope to start fixing my own car and I have a problem I don't know what to do with. I have an 89 240 GL with 200k miles on it. It was running beautifully and then last week the engine started shaking one time when the car was cold. I let it warm up, and the problems lessened. Then 2 days later, the check engine light went on and the car started idiling really badly. The next day, the car wouldnt even start. I figured this was a problem way beyond a beginning fixerupper like me and I took it to a mechanic who replaced the spark plugs and got it started. They also tried replacing the air mass meter which didn't fix anything. The car runs now but still has a poor idle. 2 tanks of gas before the problem started, I put a Techron engine cleaner in the fuel tank. Would that have done anything? Does anyone have an idea what to look for? What would give it the poor idle? Is there a way to tell if timing belt is going bad or do they just break? Is there a way I could check why the Check Engine light went on myself?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated





USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.