Woody's Volvo V70 - (not-)Starting to frustrate

[w00dy]

Good thought with the temp sensor. It's harder to tell whether it's running rich now, certainly it doesn't pop and bang like before, but falls flat on it's face at about 3krpm and wants to die, but I will have a proper look tomorrow.

[Steve79]

Must have missed this. Thanks Steve. If you're around and it's not too much trouble sometime this week let me know

 

Now I've replaced the MAF with an eBay cheapo which was slightly larger in diameter than the original and therefore a pain in the arse to fit, but it's on and the car runs without a lambda warning light too. Unfortunately it runs like crap and definitely not on all 5 so it's one issue sorted and on to the next. Leads might be an issue since I've had the spark plugs in and out a lot I suppose.

I'm around today (Tuesday) around half nine or at around 4pm if that's any good?

[w00dy]

So today it decides it won't even start again which considering it has only done 400 metres since last run and seemed to at least be idling on 4 yesterday is a pain. No fault codes showing when Steve once again was kind enough to come round, but since it wouldn't start we haven't learned much other than it'll throw unburnt fuel out of the exhaust and wash the bores which has found its way back into the now-fresh oil. Great . Part of me wonders if it's a spark issue now I'm not sure if a weak coil or something could be the issue, but I think there's many possibilities and i'm reluctant to keep throwing money at parts without really knowing what I'm trying to achieve

 

 

I think a mobile mechanic in Bristol might be the answer if anyone has any recommendations. Doing 270 mile trips in a Jazz is cheap, but it's really not very comfortable.

[w00dy]

Well in a bid to figure it out a bit more I went out and it started well and purred into a nice idle. It then gets rougher and rougher within a minute or so and is chucking unburnt fuel out of the exhaust so I can only think a sensor of some kind has gone really wonky, but no warning lights or anything and I'm imagining no codes as was the case before.

 

Still at least it'll burn well with all that excess fuel when I set fire to the fucker.

[Tetleysmooth]

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