My long deferred maintenance on my 94 940(195,xxx miles) finally caught up w/me! Friday night on the way home my wife calls me frantically to announce the Volvo had stalled on her way home. She was able to immediatley re-start but it died numerous more times during the the rest of the 20 minutes ride home. Once or twice it took some extended cranking but it did get her home(not a fun cell phone conversation!). Anyway, I had failed to change spark plugs since 150k and w/my 75-80mph highway driving every day, the gaps were huge and plugs were spent but working. I would imagine this hastened the demise of the Power stage or maybe the RSR. But being that I have never changed the Fuel Pump relay or the crank sensor...WHO KNOWS! So I ordered all the above from FCP Groton last night:) I will begin installing them one by one and testing thereafter to determine which is the current culprit. I know, I know, I should meter this and test that(actually I did check for codes and it was clean) but like I said these are parts which at 195k, owe me nothing and should be changed anyway. In case anyone is already guessing I changed the FPR and both the in tank and under car fuel pumps last summer, so they should all be good. No evidence of rich running, and tach drops immediatley to zero when she stalls....my money is on the power stage. Any bets? I should get the parts tonight or tomm and I will post the results.
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