Morgan Bearden (216.229.75.221) - Wed Jan 16 21:52:39 2008

My 20 year old daughter has a 1993 240 (110, 000 miles) that occasionally won't start.

It seems that this happens most frequently when she is running around doing errands. She'll park the car, go into a store or restaurant, and then it won't start for 20-45 minutes.

A couple of years ago the car had a problem with cutting out(and occasionally stopping)at low speed/rpm. That seemed to be cured by replacing the distributor cap, presumably taking "distributor dust" and moisture out of the distributor - or so we were told.

I'll probably swap out the distributor cap, but does anyone else have a better idea?

Thanks,

Daddy-O

Rolla, Missouri

Reply #1 miguel (222.127.111.235) - Thu Jan 17 00:35:33 2008

try checking the a/c condenser, too.

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Reply #2 Jpatty (98.96.154.70) - Thu Nov 6 12:03:42 2008

I am having the same problem. With my vehicle, I was told, it is a grounding problem. I'm not too confident that this is really the issue. It actually will not start right now. I am a bit concerned. if anyone has any remedies please let me know.

-JP

Reply #3 bill (207.172.114.202) - Sun Dec 14 18:45:02 2008

Try replacing you fuel pump relay, they over heat and shut down the fuel pump, only to cool off.then car starts back up.

Reply #4 cathy (67.241.67.119) - Sun Dec 21 11:31:41 2008

I have a volvo 240 1990 that won't start. The mechanic change the wires and spark plugs. He put a dist cap on. The fuel pump is new he says that the relay is working but the spark plugs get flooded. There is too much gas being fed to the engine and it floods. WHat could this be. I have paid mechanics 4 times this month only to get it home and have it not start two days later. Oh ya I had the whole exhauset system replaced this month as well with new convertor.

Reply #5 jpatty (98.96.154.70) - Tue Jan 6 15:24:20 2009

I had the problem fixed. Apparently something was shorting a ground wire near the ignition switch. The car ran fine for a couple of months and recently I had the exact same issue. This time they say that it is the shifter mechanism that needs to be replaced. I'm not sure if that really is going to fix anything. That seems to be the problem with these vehicles. You make a repair and you never really know whether that fixed it or simply patched it.

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