What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 26 Oct 2024, 19:37

I've had the 850 parked in the back yard all week, while my driveway was being widened. I needed to move it again two days ago, and it started like normal, but when I went to put it back in the driveway today it didn't want to start, at first. It finally started and idled poorly for a minute. I smelled gas, and then had no more issues. It's now parked in front. I haven't driven it on the road yet, but I don't really expect any more issue. Still it's weird. This car gets driven several hundred miles a week, just not last week (I didn't want to make a habit of driving on the grass just to switch cars).

Also, I looked at a 740 today.... I didn't know they had hand crank sun roofs. I've never seen such a thing. It makes sense, given hand crank windows, but sunroofs were not something I was exposed to growing up.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 26 Oct 2024, 20:23

abscate wrote: ↑26 Oct 2024, 19:07 Pulled the engine from Shagg the donor, put food out for the stray …

Kitty's eating good! He really should have offered to help, though...

Post by **scot850** » 27 Oct 2024, 06:12

It's a cat. Why would it help?

Neil.

Post by **abscate** » 27 Oct 2024, 06:25

454cid wrote: ↑26 Oct 2024, 19:37 I've had the 850 parked in the back yard all week, while my driveway was being widened. I needed to move it again two days ago, and it started like normal, but when I went to put it back in the driveway today it didn't want to start, at first. It finally started and idled poorly for a minute. I smelled gas, and then had no more issues. It's now parked in front. I haven't driven it on the road yet, but I don't really expect any more issue. Still it's weird. This car gets driven several hundred miles a week, just not last week (I didn't want to make a habit of driving on the grass just to switch cars).

Also, I looked at a 740 today.... I didn't know they had hand crank sun roofs. I've never seen such a thing. It makes sense, given hand crank windows, but sunroofs were not something I was exposed to growing up.

If you started and short ran it to move it, you got

” lawnmower syndrome “

Post by **BlackBart** » 27 Oct 2024, 09:19

I wondered about that. 454, did it spin pretty fast on the starter?….no compression, washed cylinder walls.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 27 Oct 2024, 09:42

scot850 wrote: ↑27 Oct 2024, 06:12 It's a cat. Why would it help?

Neil.

That's a fair point. It would rather watch from a distance and laugh internally.

Post by **ZionXIX** » 27 Oct 2024, 09:44

scot850 wrote: ↑27 Oct 2024, 06:12 It's a cat. Why would it help?

Neil.

Moral support

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 27 Oct 2024, 13:03

BlackBart wrote: ↑27 Oct 2024, 09:19 I wondered about that. 454, did it spin pretty fast on the starter?….no compression, washed cylinder walls.

It just sounded odd. I guess it could have been faster.

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 27 Oct 2024, 13:04

abscate wrote: ↑27 Oct 2024, 06:25
If you started and short ran it to move it, you got ” lawnmower syndrome “

I think you must be right.

DennisCA · Post by **DennisCA** » 30 Oct 2024, 06:22

Fitted some extra lights

What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

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