Hey Rhys, it is me! Life sort of got in the way of Volvo projects but I stumbled into this very very nice one owner 164e, purchased in Sweden and then the owners came to the states and brought it with them. Any way, the thing had a rotted fuel line at the fuel filter and it would spray fuel everywhere. Changed it out with 8mm high pressure BMW fuel line and the car starts right up and idles along. It just won't go down the road any faster than one could push it. I figured out the 2 second fuel burst when the key is on from the Volvo service manual I found in the trunk. It is supposed to do exactly that. Because that works, I know that: the pump is picking up fuel, the lines aren't blocked, and the pump works. I haven't put a line test on it yet (just got the car 2 hours before dark last night) but I makes enough pressure it is impossible to hold your thumb over the end of the line without getting a shower. Lots of pressure. What it isn't doing is getting that pressure in the "run" position. I can hear the pump cycle in about 4 second intervals. I am looking for the easy fix but from experience I know that only applys to other people. I know next to nothing about the contacts in the distributor, I didn't even know they existed until about midnight last night. It sounds to me like all they do is fire half of the injecters when triggered. I could be wrong, have been before, but I don't think that is it. When I cycle the key several times, the car runs awesome for 10 seconds (100 yards) and then fades back. I towed the car behind my pickup with a strap, in the dark, for 12 miles and it idled the entire time. Got it home, unhooked the strap, it didn't have enough power to back into its parking spot.

As a side bar, I tried to log in and it didn't recognize my password. I have changed emails and can't have the old one sent to me. Any way to get back into the system or do I have to start all over with a new registration and handle?

Thanks,

Leonard
Moscow, Idaho