Bought a 1998 V70R AWD on Ebay. Picked the car up yesterday, and one hour into my drive home on the freeway, engine suddenly hesitates, loses power, CEL comes on, and stalls... Very sudden. I had just enough time to pull onto the shoulder. Now, it will crank, but does not start. I read the following OBDII codes:

P0172 -- System Too Rich (Bank 1)

P0304, P0305, P0300 -- Misfires

The fuel gauge showed about 4 gallons left in the tank - I don't know if there's a possibility it actually ran out of gas? I'd feel rather stupid (and relieved I guess) if that's the reason ... The low fuel idiot light is not on however. And on my 1997 850, the guage is very accurate.

This happened last night, I am back home but AAA is still working on getting a flatbed truck to haul the POS home, 140 miles...

Any ideas as to what the problem might be? Thanks in advance for your input.

Cheers.

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'97 850 n/a Wagon, 150K mi

I'm by no means an expert, but if the car died in the sputtering manner you say, I'd suggest not worrying about the P0300 codes for the misfires, they look like they may have been collateral damage during the failure, which could have been some sort of fuel starvation.

Sometimes rich or lean errors mean a malfunctioning oxygen sensor, but because the engine actually died, I'd also bet it's safe to assume there was actually a bunch of unburned fuel getting through the system.

Update - After she sat overnight, she started right up. Purrs like a kitten. I don't like intermittent problems...
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'97 850 n/a Wagon, 150K mi