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I have a 1988 Volvo 740 with Bosch j-tronic injection. The car starts perfectly and runs great for approximately 1 1/2 minutes then dies. It won't restart immediately without difficulty. If you do not attempt restarting for approximately 30 seconds it will start fine and start the cycle of starting and dieing. I've pulled the fuel line at the injector rail and it seems to have adequite preasure. I'm thinking electrical relay maybe. What do you think?

Submitted: 169 days and 7 hours ago.
Category: Volvo
Value: $15
Status: AWAITING CUSTOMER ACTION
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Posted by Jim B 169 days and 5 hours ago.

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Hi XXXXXXXXXX. Thank you for asking your question on JustAnswer.

 

Few items to check:

Unplug Mass Air flow sensor . If it runs better sensor is bad

Check coolant temp sensor resistance: 68 deg 2200 2900 ohms 175 deg 280 ohms

Fuel pressure 37-43

Check Fuel pressure reg for fuel leak. Pull vacuum hose from engine off and look for raw fuel.

 

 


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168 days and 17 hours ago.

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Jim, Diconnecting the Mass Air Flow Sensor had little effect on performance and the car still died after a minute or so of running. Resistance of the temp signal on a 80 degree morning is 1800 ohms. The car doesn't remain running long enough to test at running temp. All the vac. lines are clear. When the car is running-performance is perfect.

Thanks Stan

Posted by Jim B 168 days and 15 hours ago.

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I use a propane bottle, valve attached and hook a 3 ft 5/32 or so vacuum line. Place it iin the air cleaner inlet. When vehilce starts to die add propane and see if you can keep it running. If you can we need to look at fuel . If not then, crank sensor, ign module, coil , electrical side. Jim

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