Hello,

This weekend mother nature dropped our temperature down into the
teens, and covered everything with ice.

Mid day I decided to crank my '89 Volvo 240.

It turned over easily enough, but would not "catch."

After a few tries, I heard a buzzing noise from the vicinity
of the glove compartment, and thought that might be
the fuel pump warming up.

Eventually it cranked, took me to the grocery store, and then
that was it. No more cranking, no buzzing, no nada..

I walked the mile home and today it's warm again, so
I called for a tow.

As soon as the tow arrived, the car started no problemo and
I drove it twenty miles or so to re-feed the battery.

Now what could that buzzing have been?

Whatever it was, does it need to be replaced?

I don't want to get stranded if something is going bad.

Thank  you.

Allan Ballard