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Youngest brother recently converted to Volvo - purchased a well kept '86 245

with around 240,000 miles about 3 months ago.


1 month ago, car began having intermittent problem starting.  Happens when

car is hot, or cold, or just right.  But only sometimes.  Battery is good.

Spark is good.  Starter is good.  Seems to not be getting fuel, is his

guess, and electrical, not mechanical.  The reason electric is suspected is,

if it was mechanical (vacuum leak, injector seal leak, weak fuel pressure

regulator, weak fuel pump, stuck temp sensor/sender, and the like), then

continuing to crank the starter would eventually get the car started.  But

continued cranking does not get car started.  He usually waits a few minutes

or 1/2 hour, tries to start again, and after a while this will fire right

up.  Again, this happens when he just stops for a minute, or when the car

has sat overnight, so it doesn't seem to be temp related.


He replaced the 2-spade fuse in the engine bay over the left wheel well, and

situation improved, then came back.  Fuse is Ok.


Probably, this is the original wire harness.  Don't know about airmassmeter.


What are the 1st 3 things you would look for?


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