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Curious stalling on '88 740 700 1987

I drive a 1988 Volvo 740 non-turbo that's generally in quite good shape, but recently (the last two weeks) several times I've hit a medium-sized obstacle while driving, like a speed bump, a pothole, or a railroad track, and the car suddenly loses power and dies. Each time this has happened, I have been able to immediately crank the car back up and drive along like normal, so it's not the end of the world, but I'm concerned it could be a serious problem at some point. Honestly, I didn't hit any of the bumps at unreasonable speeds, and I've taken much harder hits in the past without the car stalling. Each time, I've looked around under the hood for something obviously wrong (loose wire on battery, coil, etc.) but seen nothing unusual. Please help with some suggestions of what might be going on.








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    Curious stalling on '88 740 700 1987

    I had the same thing happen to me. Took a long time for it to not work long enough to trouble shoot. Turned out it was a loose connection on the wire going to the socket of the fuel pump relay. You can not tell by looking at it.

    The wires can get pulled if you ever had to take the fuse/relay panel out to check a relay.

    Could be a multitude of things. It will be an opportinuty to lean all about the LH 2.2 fuel injection system and the EZK117 ignition system!

    Hope you find an easy fix!
    --
    Paul '89 740 Turbo 102,000








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    Curious stalling on '88 740 700 1987

    Check out my post at:
    http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=486313

    Willing to bet it is the wiring. This drove me nuts for a very long time! After rewiring never had another problem.
    Jeremy








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    Curious stalling on '88 740 700 1987

    Keep looking. This definitely sounds electrical.







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