Possibly a bad engine coolant temp sensor. This affects many of the earlier 5-cyl models...I'd venture to guess the same could happen to an XC. A hot engine does not need a lot of gas to start, and if the ECT thinks the engine is cold, it will dump in tons of gas. It's like starting a warm lawnmowe...

Any messages displayed in the dash? I don't have much knowledge troubleshooting engine starting when it's very hot, but maybe we can stumble on a reason. Hi matthew, thank you for your reply. there is no messages in the display, and it only happens in summer when it is very hot. There was another i...

Hello,
the engine of my XC90 2006 2.5T has been making noices whilst accelerating. According the workshop this is due to damaged engine pads, but the car has just run 60000km, is this normal?

Rene

Hello, I'm completely new to this forum so I do apologize if this topic has already been covered. I live in Qatar where i bought a new volvo XC90 2,5T in 2006. Until now we have only driven 60000km, mainly in the city. In summer we have severe starting problems ( it gets here about 50 degree celcius...