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FINAL ASSESSMENT AFTER FIX 200 1993

posted by  someone claiming to be ROGER on  Sun Apr 3 06:14 CST 2005 [RELATED]

After replacing a load of expensive ignition and other stuff it turned out that I had two problems: (1) the fuel pump was not maintaining suffucient pressure, and it was particualrly aggravated on cold days when the seals were stiff and the pump was providing even less pressure; (2) rebuilt AMM was bad and kept giving AMM fault codes.

A local shop I trust finally troubleshot this probelm for me and fixed it, but in the interim I replaced plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, coil, crankshaft sensor, AMM, fuel pressure regulator, resoldered fuel pump relay, cleaned and checked the idle air control valve, ran at least a quart of gas dryer through multiple tanks of gas, etc.

Anyway, the car runs like a charm now. It starts readily, idles perfectly, and runs so much stronger than it has in over a year that I am astonished.

Lesson - look at the fuel pump, and don't trust all rebuilt parts.

1993 Volvo 240 with 185,000 miles.

Roger
5 240s total (us and the kids . . . .)





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