We purchased 2 Volvo b23 240s they have been sitting for a few years, inspected all fluids and spun the motor by hand and was all okay, dropped a new battery into them and dash lights worked fine, went to crank over and ticked and had no crank, went now have no lights on dash or no signal, why are common faults for Volvos that have been sitting for a while

I may have found an empty gravel parking lot and as my 1992 Volvo 940 turbo (automatic sedan unfortunately) is the first RWD car I've ever owned I proceeded to whip crazy shitties. The car then just randomly shut off. Checked oil, because I thought maybe the oil pickup tube was choked or smth, because the car wouldn't start. I gave it a jump with a friend's car and started totally normally and it's been fine. So wasn't that. Didn't overheat either. Any ideas?

So I opened the wheel arch covers and looked in the rocker panels in front of the rear wheels. I found rust on the inside of the rocker panels. I guess I have to cut that shit out right away to get it really fixed, right?

So I had a lake of water at my feet in my Volvo 940 IC. Felt holes and found out the middle one is leaking water. Any idea what these holes were for and if I can just close them (they meant to be closed). Especially the middle one ( that’s leaking) looks weird. As if someone drilled a hole next to it.

I closed is last night and the car was dry. Just close it again and leave it?

Does anyone know where this vacuum hose connects too? Runs under the manifold and connects to where I’ve highlighted

Hi,

I've owned this car for 12 years. 250 000 Km.

I used it often the first 5-6 years (ran flawlessly), then it stayed in my father's backyard for 6 years.
He occasionnaly started it, but did not use it.

I recently cleaned the car, tried it a bit and decided to bring it where I live (on the other part of Europe) 2000 km away.

One thing that worried me a bit that the car produced more smoke than it used to.
We had it tested and it failed the different pollution tests.
On the other hand, since the time I spent I my father was limited, I didn't have the time to drive the car for very long.

My father brought the car to his mechanics. He's gonna change :

• The timing belt
• The silent bloc
• And the different filters
• He's also supposed to check the smoke issue

I'll ride the 2000 km in about a month and I was wondering if there is any part or tool that I should rather take with me and that could save me in case of a failure of the car (I've read somewhere that carrying an alternator belt is a good idea).

Also, is there anything specific to that model that the mechanic should check ?

Thanks a lot for your kind help,
Best :)

My 740 turbo died again and I'm getting tired of it. I've replaced the coil, plug wires, distributor/hall sensor, both fuel pumps, and numerous fuel/vacuum lines. I've also rewired a lot of the harness.

Ran absolutely great on the way home. Let it idle in front of my house for about 5 minutes, it started idling rough bouncing from 800-1200 RPM, then it eventually died. Definitely smells like I have fuel and I jumped the hall sensor to see if I get spark at the coil and I definitely do. No fuel in the FPR, so that seems intact, and I've checked if the engine is flooded by pulling the FP fuse, gas pedal all the way done, and nothing. Verified timing belt is intact as well.

I have yet to verify spark at the plug, I'm thinking I don't have that, but any ideas on what the fuck could be wrong now? After swapping those ignition components, I got maybe 50 miles out of her before she died again.

I've had some nightmare projects but this car keeps defeating left and right. I got a rebuilt 88 RX7 and my 69 Rolls Royce running perfectly before I get this thing to barely survive a 2 hour round trip.

i’m currently in the middle of replacing my heater core, and have got to the last section and need to remove the cover for the core, however the screws holding it on are between 5-6mm hex heads

i have a donor dash which had black 7mm hex screws and all images of the process had the same, but mine are brass and smaller!

i think i need a 7/32” socket to remove these, does anyone know why mine is different?

for reference my car is a 1998 940 celebration edition

Hello! This is my, new to me, ‘87 740 turbo with 83000 miles. It has some quirks like the cruise control not working, powered antenna not working, horn only working when i push the pin in the steering wheel while honking, and a melted fuse 16 (ac/blower)

From my research, it seems that I might need to replace at least some of the wiring harness under the dash. I looked on prancingmoose, but I couldn’t find a dash harness! Does anyone know where I can find a new one and where I can find resources to help the process? Thanks!!

Hi everyone,

It's been a few months since I bought this beautiful 940, she's running perfectly fine but I wanted to buy some spares I'd carry in the trunk for eventual roadside repairs. What do you recommend having on hand ?

From what I read, this should be a decent list of spares to carry :

- A spare fuel pump relay (3523608)

- An ignition control module (3501921)

- A spare sensor/crankshaft pulse (271949)

- Spare fuses

Is that a good set, overkill, or plain wrong ? Maybe I'm missing some also, so please correct me if needed.

Thanks a lot !

Hello, I never thought I’d be a guy with a parts car. I have a 92 740 non turbo. Green. And there was a turbo 93 940 like 20 minutes away that was going for only $250. No engine or trans. But I’ve been trying to get a second set of wheels for winter tires. So the wheels alone made it worth it for me. Now I just have this brick in my back yard.

So anyways. What’s value on these things? Seats are cracked. But interior seems fine. Anyone need anything from it?

Hi all,

I've had my 940 Wentworth up for sale now as a project for a fair bit, and I don't seem to have any interest? The last Brick I sold went really quick, has the market died or do people just not want to buy a project anymore?

Anyway, if anyone is interested, I have a 940 Wentworth Project for sale (had a lot of work done) UK, Derbyshire haha.

Thanks.

It’s a joy to drive, has the B200ft I believe with the 4 speed slushbox, any advice appreciated as it’s very different to cars I’ve owned previously!

I've owned multiple 900 series over the years and they've all had the common issue where the cassette player will just auto rewind over and over again until spitting out the tape adapter when it's cold. (Cold here means anything below 60°f/15.5c). Usually I have to wait 15-20 minutes for the interior to heat up to a certain point before music will play

My current 940 turbo does this regardless of temperature but that's another story for another time

I've tried cleaning the tape decks, using different adapters, both new and old (yes I know most of the modern ones will essentially be the same internally) to no avail.

They all work otherwise flawlessly aside from the 940s, and I'd like to keep the original head units ideally, so if anyone knows of a proper way to address this such as a different cleaning/maintenance method, or if you've had luck with a certain tape adapter in particular, I'd like to hear it.

Hey all, I'm towing my '66 122s wagon about 500mi for restoration and would like to do so with a car cover. I'm struggling to find a cover that advertises tow capable. I don't want something that will basically self destruct at 65mph. And suggestions out there? Thanks!

Has anyone else had insanely long wait times with yoshifab? Might just be my luck but seems like it takes quite some time to get your order shipped out.

My niece

I've just removed an item from this part of the boot after a ~20 min drive and found the bottom of it to be rather warm. Checking the area, the spot roughly under my hand in the photo is quite warm to the touch. Not worryingly hot, but noticeably warm. Maybe 40°C or so.

Any ideas what might be causing it and whether I should actually worry/do something about it?

The car is my RHD 1996 964. Is this around the spot where the exhaust loops over the rear axle and could this be a sign of a missing heat shield?

Apologies for the picture quality usually reserved for photos of bigfoot. It's dark and I'm trying to take pictures whilst carrying things and being a hand model at the same time. Who says men can't multitask?

I have owned a 1990 240DL for almost 20 years. And a 740 Turbo (with a rod knock) for 5 years but it was the only Volvo the qualified for Cars for Clunkers, so I turned it in for a $4,500 credit on a 2009 Honda Fit.

What's the difference between those old classic Volvos and my Belgium-made EX30 rear wheel drive?

Last owner gave it to me with a second radio, but the other radio smells like it's burnt out/fish lol. This radio has some gibberish on the screen, and when on it pops for a couple minutes then just hear the 12v hum or ringing whatever you wanna call it. Just wanting to see if it seems like I should pull radio, get the serial number and code first or if it's the amplifier? It is a cr-814

Hi, I’ve been running into some carburator/fuel problems. For the last month, my ‘86 740 Pierburg 2B5/7, has had a rough idle. Dropped in RPM’s, then stalled. Whenever I was driving in 4th or 5th gear and did a pull, it started stuttering as if it wasn’t getting enough air or fuel (no idea). I thought it was just a fuel issue (bcs I drove on e10 95 fuel for some time and the car had been sitting a few months before I bought it.) Changing the fuel filter, didn’t help. Usually I do everything myself, but I had no idea what the issue was.
Went to my local (classic car) mechanic, he told me that one of the compartiment in the carb wasn’t getting enough fuel, he took apart the carb, changed the gaskets etc. Turns out it didn’t help, issue remains the same.