I have a 1989 740 GLe volvo. A while ago my father had been looking inside the engine compartment and had seen that the PCV valve had a broken vacume hose piece on it which we recently fixed. He had also seen a weird little computer gadget on the drivers side under the hood that looks like a test. He had taken the top clip off of it to see what it was and after that it has not been able to start since. We had asked the volve dealer what that thing was but he said he'd have to take a look at at and that he didn't know what it could be. It isn't in the volvo repair manual that we have either.It says volvo right on it so i assume it is a volvo part but i didn't think thats what it was. I have been doin several checks on it since that happened and i pulled the spark plugs to see if it was gettin spark and it was at first. Then i checked to see if it was getting gas from the injectors and then they weren't workin so i assumed that was the problem. I heard that sometime the injector relays come loose from time to time so i messed with that a little and then i rechecked them. I got excited because they were working after that. As i went to start the car it still would not start. I went back to check the spark again, and now i am not gettin any spark and not sure if when reinstallin the injectors if i am gettin gas from the injectors either cranking it over seeing that i was not gettin any gas shooting from the #1 cylinder. I am very clueless at this point as what could be the problem. I have checked all the fuses and all of them seem to be ok at this time. The relays i have not checked again. I would like to have a volvo dealer do a diagnostic on the vehicle but as i am about an hour away from the nearest dealer and no one in town does diagnostics on volvos I am kind of in a bind because the cost of towing it would be great. I would greatly aprreciate any input and thank you very much for your time.
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19 years ago