20 Most Recent 1982 Volvo 240 Series Questions & Answers

To start engine needs air, compression, ignition, fuel. Start checking the various areas.

This engine is a non-interference engine.

it seems it's all about what kind of bolts you've got. There's a good description of what you need to do here: http://www.turbobricks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=280835

It could be the filter. Has the fuel been changed after storage? I would also thing the Carburetor or the fuel injectors might need to be cleaned.

your timing belt may have jumped three teeth ,check the timing.

it is a case of push and pull on the steering wheel .with the key in your ignition to free it.

your float chamber in your carb will be blocked.other things will be weights to adjust dwell angle in your distributor base plate will be sticking with rust,and your points and condenser may need changed. trouble is you must do the basic tests on this engine.

under the fuel filter is a drain plug ,open it to let some water drain out .then bleed it .by pumping up the fuel pressure .if you do not know how this is done let me know.i will talk you through it.

change the fuel pump relay.but check your fuses first and the fuses contact as can be dirty or have rust .

bleed the air out.turn your heating on full to bleed the air from your heating remove the cap from your expansion bottle to do that.

change your fuel pump relay.

do you mean your camshaft is not turning ,if so your timing belt has broken an easy fix come back on here to be told how to do this.

drain and refill with new transmission fluid .you can see this been done on you tube.

no you check the tip of the rotor lines up with the edge of the cutout on your distributor body .that is the basic adjustment. you move the distributor very small amounts when adjusting the dwell angle when you use the timing light.

If the belt keeps jumping, I would say you have a badly worn sprocket or the belt tensioner needs checking, it may need a new tensioner or your procedure for tightening it needs to be checked.If no mark for the idler, then just put it at the 4 o'clock position, as you are facing it.

First, pull the fuses out of the fuse holders and examine the tips of the fuses. On a European car this old, the first thing you check to see is whether the tips have corroded away on the fuses. Check them all while you are at it because you may have other gremlins lurking in other fuses.
A new frequency valve for this car is quite pricey ($140 on line), but the fact that at one point it was buzzing while the car was shut off suggests that you have problems in the wiring harness that supplies power and ground signal to that valve. I take it that the one you have now buzzes all the while the car is running and shuts off properly when the car is off? I would definitely try to examine the wires from the valve to the computer, disconnecting and connecting each plug to 'freshen the connection' and looking for chaffed or cracked insulation.
You say that you have fuel pressure up to the frequency valve. That means that the next few questions are pointless, but I will ask them anyway - When you say that you jumped the relay, did you jump between the two fuel pump fuses (#4 and #6 as I recall)? Can you hear the fuel pump spin up when you do that? The fact that the car does not start when you jumper straight to the fuel pump eliminates two common suspects - the fuel pump relay which is under the dash above the passenger feet, and the ignition computer which provides the ground signal to the fuel pump relay and is located (I think) behind the kick panel to the right of the passenger feet. I am not certain of these locations because I have never owned a Volvo older than 1987. My cars did not even use a frequency valve.
If you didn't hear the fuel pump spin up when you jumpered it, then we would suspect that the fuel pump may have failed. However, since you say you have fuel pressure up to the frequency valve, you must be hearing the fuel pump. All I can suggest is checking fuse tips and wiring between the frequency valve and computer.

sounds like a fuel problem, filter, stops up ,sets a little presure goes down lets fuel go to filter on /on try new fuel filter...