I dont know if you've solved this problem yet but my wife's wagon did the same thing other than the running rough problem, on occasion for the past 3 or so years it would just refuse to send power from the ignition key to the starting system, I tried boosting / shifter rowing / key cycling but the ...

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If worse comes to worst you can always use one of these: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FLX-31147/
ive used several on some older muscle cars and they work flawlessly and are adjustable just follow the instructions and wire an inline fuse, on the Volvo you may need to make a small hole in the ...

If the heater is helping to keep it stable then it definately sounds like your fan isnt working (like you didnt already know this)
It sounds like Ozark Lee has the right place to start, Could it be a faulty relay? electrical isnt my Forte so i'll just say Good luck with it, there is also wireing ...

Were the bubbles consistant? If so then its one or more of 4 things #1 cracked cylinder #2head gasket #3 warped head #4 cracked head ,now i know in your mind your thinking about a massive crack but working as a machinist in the past ive seen very minute hairline cracks that would cause this to ...

My 850 N/A fan almost never comes on unless its extremely hot out or i have the A/c on, however yours should be if its overheating, try running the engine to normal operating temp then carefully feel the upper rad hose temp (this takes some well thought judgement) if it feels hot the thermostat is ...

Here's the lnk to retrieving the milage: http://www.brickboard.com/AWD/index.htm?id=680941
I just did it on my '95 obdII so it should work on your '96. good luck!
OOOPS i just noticed its the same as the first thread!

davvver, I havent recieved any recall yet and i have 2 850s registered in T.O. it could be possible we arent effected but id call a dealer to make sure, do you have a dealer near Timmins? Im not in T.O at the moment and wont be for a while so if you find out i'd like to know, I used to deal with ...

Ive welded worse but its only going to last so long and most likely fail when you dont want, and depending on how soft that pipe is you may or may not be able to use a mig in that case it would need to be braze welded and it has to be sealed or the rear 02 is gonna get a bad reading and i dont ...

It sounds to me like trap doors arent opening/closing to shift air movement, Volvo's had either a cable (manual) or electronic (aut) control, if its a cable you should be able to feel and hear the movement of the cable/trap door with fan on, on an electronic control you will only hear the trap door ...