hi i have an 86 240 that has part of these problems which is that when i start the car it keeps stalling out unless i race the engine while i put it into gear this problem was much worse in the winter also the temp gauge is all whacked out it will show the car is overheating as soon as i start and t...

hi again i had asked my mechanic about the oil leak and he, having admitted to having no knowlege whatsoever about volvos and not wanting to have anything to do with them, looked up the problem online and was ranting on about the flame trap. he had no idea what it was and how to change it. he theref...

ok thanks ill have the cv system checked out first

my 86 240dl is leaking oil from the rear camshaft plug. when driving on the highway the smoke from the leaking oil burning was billowing out. my machanic says the tranny needs to come down in order to get to it, but a friend tells me that there is a plug tool that can push the plug in from the top. ...

Thank you for the info. I have to look again because I only saw one fitting on the compressor and couldnt figure out where the other one was, and i didnt know which side i saw.

where do you add freon to the ac of a 1986 volvo dl