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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / August 20061991 240SE Wagon Still Not Running - Out of Ideas
Thanks for all the advice I have received so far - I really appreciate it. I am getting to the point where I might need to take a break from this car. Five straight days of reading all I can online and this website and working on the car has my mind scrambled and my hands raw. I do not have cash to have this car towed to a shop and to have them get it running. I will pay them to fine tune it once I get this running. Sorry, Im really frustrated but will make 1 last full on effort.. I replaced the Fuel Pressure Regulator - I have replaced the IAC, checked that the AMM is working, checked all hoses and connections. The sensors that connect beloe the #2 and #3 cylinder are inplace Checked that there was good spark from the distributor The car went from running but running very rich and crappy to suddenly not running at all. Fuel Pump Relay has been replaced. I am at a point where I am going to buy a ECU from the salvage yard to see if this is the problem but with the money I just spent on the FPR its getting where I need to find this issue quick Any and all suggestions are a huge help Anybody have any other suggestions > Anybody have any other suggestions Yup. Consider the value of your time, the parts you've already bought, etc. and then whether it'd actually be cheaper to have a pro figure out the problem and fix it. There are too many possibilities to go after it in a hit-or-miss fashion. Consider taking it to a shop for the limited purpose of having them troubleshoot and isolate the problem, then you can either pay them to fix it, or DIY. > Consider taking it to a shop for the limited purpose of having them > troubleshoot and isolate the problem, then you can either pay them to > fix it, or DIY. I would have done that in the beginning except I live out in the country and to have it towed to a shop to be evaluated then towed back home to repair would cost me a small fortune. I believe the timing is out. This is what I have found OK - I have the upper timing belt cover off. I see the upper pulley (dont know name) dot indented on the outer flywheel. The timing belt white line is exactly 3 teeth to the right of this line. I see the O Line on the bottom cover for the bottom pulley but dont know what I need to line up with that. Ive never done this but I see 3 seperate pully type things that the belt goes around. The easy reached upper one, a small center one and the bottom one that I think is half covered by the bottom cover. I know you guys are laughing but I have know Idea what to do. As I understand I need to line the upper pulley dot with the notch on the inside plastic cover at 11 o'clock. Im confused, I have marks on the covers, marks on the pulleys and marks on the belt. Do I take the belt off, line up the 3 pulleys to their marks then put the belt on matching the belt marks to said pully's that are lined up - I will be reading until someone helps me - thanks > > Consider taking it to a shop for the limited purpose of having them > > troubleshoot and isolate the problem, then you can either pay them to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > belt marks to said pully's that are lined up - I will be reading until > someone helps me - thanks Don't worry about where the belt is. If you want to double check you'll find everything you need to know at: http://tinyurl.com/fewmw  SignatureMike F. Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.) > OK - I have the upper timing belt cover off. I see the upper pulley > (dont know name) dot indented on the outer flywheel. The timing belt [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > belt marks to said pully's that are lined up - I will be reading until > someone helps me - thanks If the timing belt has indeed jumped then it is probably overdue for replacement. I hope you have a good printed service manual in front of you while doing all of this work. My hunch is that the timing belt probably isn't causing your problem. Have you checked ignition timing? If the belt indeed jumped then it should also throw the ignition timing off since the distributer is driven by the small pulley you saw. John |
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