Problem solved: water pump gaskets were cracked, allowing coolant to flood the engine and bog it out. USE ONLY OEM or OE GASKETS.

940 turns but won't catch. Was driving along when car shut off, dash lit up, and would not restart. Have so far replaced: cap, rotor, spark plugs, cables, fuel pump relay, fuel pressure sender, crankshaft position sensor, and MAF. Inline fuel pump is working, battery is ok. Car still does not start....

Thought about changing out the wiring harness. Did the same project on a '93 850 but replaced torn-up leather seats with nice condition cloth seats and the relays were similar, one was just marked "leather". The first photos of the green relay are for the leather seat, the third is the plu...

Just changed out the cloth seat skins in my 850 with leather seat skins. Now the heated seat doesn't work. The heated seat relays marked "leather" have a different plug than my cloth heated seat relay which I can't hook up. How to troubleshoot?

Thank you, Misha and Neil. Sure enough, there are no spacers that can make the Caligo's work on an 850. Looks like I'm out a few $.

Thanks, Neil. Going to try and find spacers that will work. I'll leave an update for other 850 owners wanting to swap wheels when I get them installed.

Anyone know if Volvo's Caligo wheels will fit on a '96 850 base model?

Anyone know where I can find a decent tutorial to install a camshaft in a 940?

Additionally, the techs used standard ATF 1 transmission fluid instead of Dextron III. Be careful of young techs working on old technology. volvolugnut Truth. If you have your tranny fluid changed by anyone other than Volvo specialists, make sure to tell them to use the proper fluid! If possible, g...

I had a leak similar to what you described, turned out the rear main seal needed to be replaced. How can a rear main seal leak be causing his problem? If you haven't yet,clean everything down. Let it dry, take a couple pics. Drive for a day and get back under there and examine everything. Apologies...