Great link. I've experienced the Fuel Pump Relay issue. My local Volvo independent (West Yorkshire's finest, those around here will know who) gave me a spare 'known good' one, as a backup.
But I would advise a bit of caution concerning Dave Barton's assertions that:
"The main fuel pump in a Volvo is really well built and rarely fails"
I've had two MY 1997 940s and both fuel pumps have failed. On both occasions AA mechanics spent ages testing every single other thing - 'those fuel pumps are usually bombproof' and eventually it came down to that.
And both times after it was recovered to my local specialist they agreed it was the pump, replaced it and the problem disappeared, permanently.
My mechanic also thinks they're usually very reliable. But on an admittedly small sample size (2) I've had a 100% failure rate. So if you've got a problem starting, don't assume that it can't possibly be the fuel pump, it might be.
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