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Help a newbie: Going to check out 740 Wagon tomorrow; won't start 700 1990

posted by Moleculo on Mon Nov 28 23:53 CST 2011
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Hi Everyone! I'm excited to be joining the ranks of Volvo owners soon. My wife and I have been looking for an inexpensive but dependable wagon, so I've been scouting Volvo 240/740/940s for the last couple weeks in the Sacramento/Bay Area.

So, the best lead I think I've found so far in our price range is a 1990 740 Turbo Wagon. Buyer sounds nice, everything about the wagon sounds good so far, except that it has had some intermittent starting issues lately. Apparently it would start about a month ago, but then started fine for a couple weeks, and now won't start again. The buyer said that it would start to turn over, but not fire up. Now the battery is out of juice from trying to start it.

I know this doesn't offer a lot of information to go on, but I'm going out tomorrow morning to check it out. The buyer is going to let me take the battery into O'Reilly to get it tested/charged. If that doesn't solve the problem, what do you think the most likely culprits are?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

-Kevin

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Help a newbie: Going to check out 740 Wagon tomorrow; won't start 700 1990

posted by Moleculo on Tue Nov 29 18:23 CST 2011
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Awesome, thanks for the info everyone!

It turned out that it was a bad battery, likely due to a bad connection at the positive post. Fixed the connection, dropped in new battery and drove away with my new Volvo!

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posted by jerryc on Tue Nov 29 02:21 CST 2011
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Go to this post and print out where it says 'start-run sequence'. This is one of the most valuable bits of info available for our cars IMO.

crank sensor

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Help a newbie: Going to check out 740 Wagon tomorrow; won't start 700 1990

posted by aleekat on Tue Nov 29 00:13 CST 2011
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Welcome to volvos. Read through this. Non-interference engines. Lot of simple fixes can get them running.

Edit: Just don't throw parts at it..Lots of experience and knowledge here..

Edit 2: Fuel, spark, compression and spark at the right time..

http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/EnginePerformanceSymptoms.htm
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