First and foremost - Hi all, I'm new here and to the Volvo world. I recently p/up a 1991 240 Sedan for my daily ride. I had a big fulll size truck that got terrible gas milege and just had to go.

The Volvo has 170k miles on it and runs well, esp. once warmed up.. Its a little fussy when its first started. Idle is a little weak at start up and I believe it has some piston slap, mainly while cold. The slap seems to either go away completely or is un-noticable once warmed up.

The car has new wires cap and rotor per the previous owner. I changed the oil yesterday as it was pretty nasty. I put ethanol regular unleaded in it when I forst bought it (about a wk. ago). I ran that out and filled up with premium non-ethanol yesterday and the slap is much quieter now :)

I'm wondering what the guru's here suggest I do next in terms of maint.? I would also like to know if there is anything I can do to help the cold idle a little better. It doesn't stall, I don't have to hit the gas to keep it going, but feel its a little low in the rpms at start-up. I was told the TB was recently cleaned as well. The car runs great once warmed up and has plenty of pep.

Other issue, it seems I get an intermittent electrical issue. About one in five starts I have no radio, wipers, or wiper fluid. I'm not sure if this reladed to the 'old style' fuse box/fuses or something else.. I don't think its a worn wire related issue, seems more like a fuse.. I have yet to pull and rotate fuses as I have read about doing. Does anyone reccomend using dielectric grease on the fuses?

Sorry for the long post..