. I am also a new Volvo owner and have very limited experience of cars in general.... so please bare with me if I don't explain things too well. I will try my best.My Volvo is a 940 se turbo, it's a 93' K reg.... and apart from this problem it's in what consider to be excellent condition. I've had it about 2 months and it's done 150,000 miles.
Here is the problem:
First of all there is a loss of power, by that I mean that depressing the throttle has no effect at all. A few seconds later, the engine actually stalls and all the dash lights come on, as you would expect, the power steering also goes dead. At this point I pull over, the car will not start immediately (although it does turn over). However, If I wait approx 2 minutes the car will start as if nothing has happened, every time, and will be ok for the a day or two until the same problem occurs again. This problem seems to occur at any time and without any pattern, I can be doing any speed at all and at be at any point of the journey.
I have just purchased the Haynes manual, and will be giving it a full service next week, with the help of my father..... who is incidently, much more car-minded than I am.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ben.
