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Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

d0ug — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:55:11 -0700

i guess it was bad gas? after driving to E and refilling its been behaving wonderfully. More »

Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

d0ug — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:10:36 -0700

scout, its at 220,000 something. odometer goes in and out so it could very well be close to 300! More »

Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

fredo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:06:49 -0700

Seems like you've addressed everything. Some people in Seattle reported getting bad gas and it really screwed up their engines. More »

Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

scout — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:05:51 -0700

Have you put over 300,000 miles on your DL? If not, then the problem is easy to solve - you simply haven't driven that pupper enough! More »

Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

d0ug — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:03:21 -0700

thanks for the suggestion. i replaced a year old filter with a new filter a couple days back and issue still persists. More »

Re: Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

fredo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:56:07 -0700

It was reported on TV that if you ran your gas tank really low all the time, like a lot of people are doing now, that there was a liklihood that sediment in the bottom of the tank would get picked up into the gas filter and affect performance. Maybe this is your problem. More »

Help Wanted | need volvo mechanic recommendation!

d0ug — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:50:02 -0700

my 79 245 is stuttering on acceleration. ive checked and looked and done everything i could think of and thats been suggested. More »