Bob, I used to drive a company provided Ford Taurus station wagon, I used it for a couple of years, at around 6 to 9 months of usage, I began having problems with it in a way that between 11:00am to 4:30 pm or so, and if the date was hot ( well I live in Puerto Rico) the engine will began loosing power and all of the sudden will shut off like with no gas. It did it in tolls stops everywhere specially when coasting or going into a stop. I just used to wait 30 minutes or so, and try to start it and most of the times the engine will work like nothing had happened. I sent the wagon to the shop and they replaced the defective gas pump. This pump was installed inside the gas tank, but still it was affected by temperature. Regards Angel Ramos
Bob Shell wrote: > I hope no one minds me asking this here, but I got more help here > last time than on the car lists. > > Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon, 1991 model. > > Right now we're having a spell of really HOT weather. When the car > sits all day in the sun it won't start. I've narrowed the problem > down to the fuel pump. When really hot you turn the ignition key to > the accessory position and the pump doesn't start. Wait until the > evening when it's a bit cooler and the pump runs and the car starts > just fine. Pump is getting electricity, so doesn't seem to be a > problem of it not getting power. > > From what I see on line, it looks like this car suffers the dual > pump affliction, one in the tank and one up top outside the tank. I > haven't dropped the tank yet. > > Any ideas why such a weather related problem? > > Bob > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
