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98 V70 T5 suddenly stopped running

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doshenjen
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98 V70 T5 suddenly stopped running

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My daughter called and told me her V70 T5 suddenly quit running while on the freeway. I called a tow truck, and by the time it arrived, we were able to start the car, and drive it up the tow platform. Also able to drive it off the platform when we arrived home. It's not showing any codes. Any ideas?

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Post by erikv11 »

Ideas: First guess is the fuel pump relay. Second guess is the fuel pump.

Then there is a gap in the list but further down the list is things that aren't usually intermittent like cam position sensor, crank sensor. Could be ignition parts but those usually throw a code, except for maybe the coil.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6 :shock: 153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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Thanks, I'll test the relay, and then fuel pressure.

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wizechatmgr
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Post by wizechatmgr »

+1 on fuel pump relay
When was the fuel filter last changed?
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1999 V70 XC AWD 2.4 T -- ~231k miles
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