Something else to look for will sound right now as pretty obvious but it can happen to anybody. I had trouble starting my car after it cranked over once. The car made a little back-fire noise. Now what? Decided to pull the manual out for emergency checks. After checking the cold start connection and reversing it temporarily with the grey plug,got the car started really rough but it died a few seconds later. Had it towed home and parked it in the garage. Then one night I look at the engine and discovered that one of the fuel injectors popped out of it place. Gee!! Nah, can't be!! I reseated the injector and ,yes, it started up great!! Hint to all: Replace the metal clips on the injectors. This will save you a headache down the road, literally speaking. They are available from Volvo dealers. Bye 10250 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > Following up on the assumption that it is an ignition system problem > there are 2 common things to check. Look at the white thing on the > firewall to the left. Make sure all of the connections are on, clean, > and tight. The other common problem is a bad pick-up coil in the > distributer, they seem to go bad when warmed up. Pull a spark plug > wire off and see if there is a spark when cranking. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AJL521@xxxx wrote: > > Well if it wont even start with ether that could be a spark problem. > I would > > check that first. A few years ago a similar problem happened to me, > and a > > new coil cured the problem. Be sure to check the timing also. > > > > It is also possable that the engine is getting flooded due to a > problem in > > the fuel system. I had a blockage in the return line that caused > mine to > > start flooding a few years back. > > > > Just some ideas. Hope this helps. > > Andrew > > 4194