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93 940 turbo Rough idle & intense sputtering

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NikkiH225
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Joined: 31 January 2014
Year and Model: 940 Turbo '93
Location: United States

93 940 turbo Rough idle & intense sputtering

Post by NikkiH225 »

Hey all! You'll have to excuse my car vernacular as I am quite inexperienced.
I recently acquired my 940 turbo and it ran great for a while.
Now it idles very rough bouncing between 750-1500rpms. Sometimes it is so low that i fear it will die on me. It also bucks a little.
When accelerating, it's as if something is holding the car back. It accelerates very roughly and even once I'm cruising around 60 it's as if the car is missing the entire time.
It seems to run better when the engine is cold.
I know this isn't much to go on, but any help would be appreciated. The only leads I have from perusing the web is possibly coils or fuel pressure regulator.
Thank you!

lummert
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Year and Model: 760 1988
Location: Portland Indiana, USA
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Post by lummert »

Diagnose the engine temp sensor. Also diagnose the AMM. The crank position sensor is something else to check out. The distributor cap, rotor and spark plug wires may need checking. Actually, the engine may need a Stage Zero tune up. Last but not least, the car only has one coil.

Stage Zero is doing all the maintenance items, such as distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs, spark plug wires, timing belt and timing belt tensioner. Just don't go throwing new parts at it without doing a little research on the subject.
1988 Volvo 760 Turbo Wagon

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