740 refuses to start for more than a second!
Ok, so it's my own fault..... I got the Mini on the road finally... and the Volvo's taken the hump now!
Tried to start it today and it fired straight up as usual.... and ran for about 5 seconds before dying.
Tried again and sounded like it was trying to fire a bit at first but then was just turning over and over. Left it a bit as I guessed I'd flooded it.
Tried it again a few minutes later and it fires up, spins a few times then stutters and dies. The longer you leave it inbetween tries, the longer it will run if/when it does start (even though I'm talking 5 secs max).
Tried starting on full throttle and nothing. Took a plug out and it looks normal - not sooty, not wet in petrol.. just normal. Tested sparking the plug against the body and it sparks fine (even started up with just the 3 plugs in for a second while I was testing it).
Now one thing I think is strange is when I switch the ignition on, rather than the fuel pump 'whirring' it's more like a 'fizzing' (the fuel pump under the passenger side floor).
Do you think it sounds like a fuel pump issue? Do they only have one fuel pump, or are there 2?
It's a 1988 Volvo 740 GLE B230E, 159,800 miles (obviously scared of reaching 160,000!!).
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1990 Volvo 760 GLE D24TIC ZF22 - 16psi, more fuel, Monark 293 nozzles, 40mm lower, Bilstein TCs, 24/19 ARBs, full Polybushed front, H&R spacers, 17" Titans. Running Veg oil/petrol mix.
Past: 1988 Volvo 740 B230E M46, 1991 Volvo 940 B230FB M47
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