I have a 1982 Volvo 242GL. I bought it new, off the showroom floor, the first week they were out in 1981. It has the B23E engine, fuel injected. The engine has about 300,000 km's on it (this is approximate, as the speedometer/odometer stopped working in the spring).
When the engine is cold, or has sat for several hours, it turns over fine, catches, and immediately stops. When I restart it it runs a little longer (1 or 2 seconds), then stops again. In the winter, it takes 10 or 12 of these cycles before it starts, and continues running (but the engine misses, and idles very slowly) If I play around with the accelerator, I can make the engine continue to run more easily, but........... there seems to be backfiring in the manifold when I do this. If I hold the accelerator at a position where the engine can run at 3,000 rpm, say, it runs fine...........if I hold it here, the engine loses rpm's, until it stalls again. I restarts easily, but continues this behaviour until the engine warms up. Warm, the engine runs fine.
I have had the fuel injectors replaced, the throttle linkeage cleaned, and three garages try to fix the problem, but no luck.
Any suggestions?
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