I own an '89 240 DL with over 250,000 miles on it. For the past few months I've been scouring forums, getting advice from fellow owners of older Volvo's to no avail.

Here's the story: My car makes a high pitched whining noise that sounds like it's coming from the rear. I lifted up the carpet in the trunk to see if I could clearly hear it from where I was told you can access on of the fuel pumps. It sounded like it MAY have been coming from there. Nothing conclusive. My car does not whine all the time though.

Every so often (it's happened only 2-3 times a month) my car lurches when going UNDER 40 mph. As soon as I hit 40 mph or higher, either the lurching stops, or in only two instances the car has died on me. I have to wait on the side of the road for about an hour and then we're off again.

The first time it died I was on an emergency road trip (death in the family) and probably got massively screwed over by the mechanic. They supposedly replaced my oil filter and both fuel pumps. Whatever they did didn't fix the problem.

After getting some adviced, and reading car forums, I replaced the MAF and my fuel relay. That seemed to do the trick until today, my car was having issues this morning.

It's been frustrating because it seems like a million things could be wrong with my car. Am I just going to have trial and error this thing, or are these clearly symptoms of one or two problems. I'd just like to be able to narrow down the possibilities. (Personally, I think it IS the fuel pump and that they were never repaired properly.)

Also, I am not mechanically inclined. I was able to change a few parts because an idiot can do them. I noticed a lot of technical jargon in other forums, o if you could talk to me like a baby, I'd appreciate it. heh.