VOLVO with VARIOMATIC - problem( long)

VOLVO with VARIOMATIC - problem( long)

From year I am unlucky possessor of car Volvo 340 annual set 1989 with
gear-box automatic ie. VARIOMATIC. And this is great problem. Something me
oneself does not please, does not please me oneself work this of box, I
exchanged driving belts and clutch but mechanic which exchanged clutch
adjusted some how oddly. Anyway from origin car did not drive well.

Question I - which one is speed maximum Volvo 340, about capacities of
engine 1. 4 with box VARIOMATIC, I pressing gas to end obtains 130 km km/h
only. and meter scaled is to 200 km km / h. Is it good ????
Question II - acceleration from 0-100 km km . My VARIOMATIC gathers momentum
nicely to about 60 km km / h, instead after that dispersing to 100km / h
lasts all eternity, I must sharply press gas and to wait and wait
wait....... It is too slow for me,
Question III - gear lever - in position P at addition of gas car stands,
whether this well whether can should move, how should keep oneself car in
this of position of lever mainspring ???
Question IV -switching on of backward run R it is necessary hardly to step
on the gas, so that touched instead at moving forward will suffice just a
little to step on the gas and car already goes, at times even on lightly
pulled up suction already oneself moves.is this well?
Question V - combustion of fuel. Benzines burns 17 dm of benzine on 100 km
!!!! in municipal cycle. I have power supply also on gas. And of gas burns
so much self 17dm3 gas/100 km
Question VI - engine unequatly works on gas and on benzine, goes out very
often during standing up on lights yes if gear-box to finish did not
separate

perhaps somebody is user of such car how I and will divide impressions from
drive VOLVO Variomatic.
can You know perhapssome pages in internet where I would be able to do some
reading
I searching maitenence e-book for this model with VARIOMATIC


Piotr from Poland

Sorry for my English

 

Hi, I will try to answer, though your english looks more difficult to
me than your car problems.

You may have forgotten some things: there should be a play, a little
room when the car is standing still in the belt dishes. Adjust that
correctly, it is important. And the clutch can be adjusted by some
small metal plates. Make sure that it doen not slip when you drive! It
must catch at app. 1500 rpm if I remember well. These are probably
your problems. Fix them or you will "eat" up your clutch again.

The Volvo does not go very fast. But 130 km/h is NOT enough. I think
it should do between 140 to 150. But not more, the belts give more
friction at high speeds. The meter was also laid out for the 2.0
version.

This is absolutely wrong! The variomatic lets the engine run at its
its full revs continously, giving full power all the way. You need a
fast car to keep up with it up to 80 km/hr. Above that it gets less.
Note: there are some air valves that make it switch back for
acceleration, and down for overdrive. Does it make much revs when you
accelerate? Or low revs?

In PARK one parks and does not drive. And certainly do not gas when
you are in park!!! Eats up your clutch!!!!!!! The drive is blocked,
and your clutch gets all the power the engine delivers, eating it up
quickly.

Sorry, this English iss too much for me, I can't make any sense of it.
Sounds like: "car move is fast too more slow green why" or something
like that. You have a problem in reverse? Do you mean that it moves
when give step on the gas a little - should do that, and it should do
that forward too. Otherwise your clutch is not ok.

They do use a lot, 1 liter on 11 km driving at normal speeds. But you
probably have a problem. Do you have the mountain climbing switch on?
Behind the handbrake? It should be off, or you are driving in the
first gear at max revs!

Sorry, couldnt make any sense of it again.

Try Dutch pages, the car was built over here. It will be difficult to
find an e-book. There are Dutch books however, we used to have one,
but I think I gave it to my neighbour (a car mechanic).

Don't be, was quite amusing. Language English to write easy it not is
everybody for.

If you want to reply: i almost never read newsgroups, send me email
too at

Pieter Hoeben

 

accelerate I must introduce car on high rpm-s to - more of gas - car goes
more quickly. run nicely to speeds 60 km km / h. After that goes if worse.
At speeds 80 km km / h i put on gas to end engine strongly works makes a
noise outright and when I try a little to take off my leg from gas to make
drive "silently" my car not hold speed. All time I must give much of gas. I
must put stronghly pedal of gas
With One word, according to me something brakes drive this with car, engine
well works, at times quatly
(at slow rpm-s) for me - gearbox VArio or clutch did not deliver of all
power on car back wheels. All time I mus tput gas so that went, strongly to
put gas, rpm-s surely above 3000 and even more, perhaps much burns
gasoline............

About this already I know, good polish mechanics J which make for me
instalation of gas burnt me clutch because put gas too long on position P.
Clutch I exchanged.

In position R I must put much of gas to run to back about. 3000 of rpm,
instead in position forward lightly I will press gas pedal and already run.
At times standing on lights at switched on suction car moves and i must put
a brake so that did not go on red light. Yet something. Mechanic so placed
me box that I cannot use position N only P. I enclose R and front from
position P, when I want this to make from position N, box grates on the
car," zgrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy"

Thanks of lot to Your answer........

BEST REGARDS

Peter from Poland