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VIEW    READ ONLY    PRINT   SAVE   A    A  Cranks But No Start 700 1992 posted by  Michael Littman on  Fri May 9 20:12 CST 2008 Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS]     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] last visit: Mon Jun 16 09:23 CST 2008 [RELATED] I bought my current 1992 740 Non-Turbo Wagon last summer. It was maintained by a mechanic who meant well but I suspect did not know about Volvos. A few months back it began to have some weird electrical issues that I could not track down. The rear left brake/running lights failed to work but the back up and flashers on that side do work. The radio antenna failed suddenly. I think the cooling fan stopped working. All sorts of weird lights began to appear on my dash including a Service Engine light. There is a slow electrical leak that drains the battery in about two days. Well, this morning I was driving it to work and I noticed a low rumble along with felt like a few missed beats along the way. I sort of thought to myself that it might be time to clean the intake as it has been at least 5000 miles since this has been done. I thought nothing more of this and stepped into the school where I work. I came out this afternoon and the car cranks but will not fire up. I know less than squat about mechanics and particularly electrical stuff but I can follow directions if they are explicit enough. I plan on trying to get the mechanics teacher to take a look at the car next Monday as it is stranded in the parking lot. Where do I look? Are the electrical issues related to the no start? The mechanics teacher mentioned in the past that he thought my alternator might be failing thus causing the electrical problems but I found that the original owner of this car had this alternator installed in December 2006 so I was doubtful that this could fail that rapidly. Could all this be caused by a bad alternator? Relays? Any help would be deeply appreciated! Again, please explain as if talking to a non-mechanic layman as you are! Thanks! Mark this post as an answer to my question<- Use this feature to mark quality replies to your post.

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• Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
  posted by  VolvoSteel  on Mon May 12 19:46 CST 2008 > V

• Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
  posted by  Michael Littman  on Sat May 10 07:48 CST 2008 > V
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    posted by  lucid ONLINE  on Sat May 10 09:33 CST 2008 > V

• Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
  posted by  lucid ONLINE  on Sat May 10 06:43 CST 2008 > V

• Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
  posted by  B.B. ONLINE  on Sat May 10 06:28 CST 2008 > V
  • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
    posted by  Michael Littman  on Mon May 12 18:18 CST 2008 > V
    • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
      posted by  Michael Littman  on Wed May 14 19:24 CST 2008 > V
      • Fuel at the rail is misleading [700][1992]
        posted by  lucid ONLINE  on Thu May 15 07:03 CST 2008 > V
        • Fuel at the rail is misleading [700][1992]
          posted by  Blindboy  on Sun May 18 21:58 CST 2008 > V
      • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
        posted by  rstarkie  on Wed May 14 20:16 CST 2008 > V
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        posted by  goatman  on Wed May 14 20:14 CST 2008 > V
        • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
          posted by  Michael Littman  on Thu May 15 03:48 CST 2008 > V
          • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
            posted by  goatman  on Thu May 15 03:55 CST 2008 > V
            • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
              posted by  Michael Littman  on Fri May 16 20:56 CST 2008 > V
              • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
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                • Cranks But No Start [700][1992]
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