A couple of days ago I related that my teenage son ran out of gas and could not restart the ('87 240 DL) car after adding gas. I went by the following morning and it started right up. A couple of you said that since it now is working I/he just needed to prime the pumps but cautioned the likelihood of ruining the fuel pumps by allowing the tank to run dry. ( I had previously lectured the boy about not driving on fumes.) My thanks to them because I breathed a sigh of relief and (stupidly) did not devote time to looking for other reasons that the car died. After taking the car away for the rest of the weekend, I allowed my son to take it to school yesterday. THEN I get a call yesterday evening that the car had died again. Since it was nearly dark I waited to tow it home till this morning. Last nite I looked at the IPD catalogue to price fuel pumps and saw a discusion about fuel pump relay problems. I concluded that must be the problem. Clearly the relay was not working when the key was turned and manually closing the relays caused the fuel pump(s?)to engage. Then (LESSON LEARNED) I went ahead and looked in the ARCHIVES to find that "dylant" (4+ years ago)had cautioned not to overlook the auxilary 25 amp fuse (don't know what it is called) mounted by the battery. I pulled it, saw an oxidation layer, cleaned it up till shiny, VIOLA, it started right up. I knew this was any important link in this vehicle's operation but skipped this simple possibility which I will immediately check FIRST if in the future there is a no start situation with this Volvo. You should too. Barry