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Hey all,
Yesterday on the way home it took my '90 240 quite a while to shift
into overdrive on the highway. This morning it never did.
I tried hitting the overdrive button a few times to no avail. Does

I have a 1982 volvo 240 turbo, and my overdrive soleniod went out.  I changed
the relay, and that didn't work.  Does anyone know how to change the soleniod?
Thanks

car: 1989 240 wagon, about 240,000 miles
problem: play in the steering at right front wheel
Since I've had the car (about 7 years) there's always been some "play" in
the right front wheel. When the car is on jackstands, I can grasp the wheel

I had a tail light problem that the local dealer traced to the trailer
lighting circuit. The power for the trailer circuit had been spliced
directly into the power to the tail lights on one side. This, they said, was
a no-no with a Volvo hitch as it requires a "control module" ...

I drove my 92 740 home yesterday and parked in the driveway. Today no
start.... It appears that there is no spark in the ignition system.
Tested all the components (wires/cap/coil) on another 740 and they all work
great, but not in mine.

does anyone have one? in pdf format?
its for 1995 volvo 940 turbo.
other years might be fine too.

I just purchased a 2001 v70 XC Wagon and have a few questions for
those of you more familiar with the car.
This is my third Volvo wagon, so I'm a fan. I bought a '87 240 Wagon
while in college (in 1993) with 113,000 miles on it and totalled it in

Someone can tell what is good and what is bad about to buy a Volvo S80 T6
1999-2001 ?
I may buy such a car  and I won´t buy a bad car.
Too expensive to make a mistake :-)

I have a 1988 Volvo 740 GLE that lived in another life in Up state NY
and Connecticut. So, it had some salt exposure. There is a few rust
spots that are starting to appear.
Some are at the front of the hood and some are at the tail gate.

Its for my 92 740 turbo wagon.  After changing the air mass meter, the
gas mileage went up to normal for a couple of weeks, and then
plummeted again. Needs another new part.  Rock Auto has a Bosch sensor
for $99. But I seem to remember a few months ago someone in this forum

Having fruitlessly searched for tips on getting the starter off my
car, I just went at it and found a way.
The 240 starter (in my case a 1990, but will apply to many other years
as well) is held on by two bolts, the upper most of which is a real

My son and I got our old '85 245 turbo running after sitting for a few years.
The idle was great. It did spit and sputter a few times on acceleration but did
run.
then at idle it quit. after restart it idled fine for a few minutes and then

'96 non turbo 5 cy glx 850glt with 130k...highly maintained..developed a
rear main seal leak...took to mechanic...returned dry...about 300 miles
started leaking again...returned to mechanic...same deal....3rd
time...just back last night...appears to have oil on case spit location

I have a 1992 240 wagon.   Today I noticed that steering had become rather
hard and after refilling the reservoir, realized that there appears to be a
hole in the pressure line that runs in front of the steering gear - when the
car runs, fluid sprays from it.