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Old 04-28-2013, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TheDon View Post
On the Volvo engines I know with K-Jet, the wonderful PRV engine, there can be a multitude of issues if it has not been taken care of. If you can put a jumper in for the fuel pump relay that would tell you if the pump is working or not. When starting from cold have someone listen for the pumps.

I would source a good used cold start valve and swap them out and see if there is a change.

btw, the 190E is the W201 chassis.
All the old Volvos had K-jet back in the early 80s. I've had quite a few (about ten). I don't think I've ever had an old Volvo that the fuel pump didn't go out on. Didn't know if that's a k-jet problem, or just a Volvo problem.

Oh I guess it is a W201. They all look the same. haha.

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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture View Post
Difficult cold start is usually tune up (or lack thereof). I would start with a bottle of redline, and then go from there. I dealt with the same issue for years with my m103 engine ( yours is m102 I believe) and ultimately it was solved with plugs, wires, cap rotor filters and most important new injectors.

It's an expensive nuisance to remedy. Good luck
Thanks for the advice. I was planning on doing a general tune up anyway, so maybe that'll take care of it. I've never heard of redline.
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