New member, 740 wagon... almost driving
 

Hi all

New volvo owner, but not a new volvo - I recently bought an '89 740 GL wagon as my '90 Audi Coupe Quattro was too cramped for my current needs. I'm still not quite sure if I bought a lemon yet - body's great, it ran fine, it's passed the safety inspection no problems but has failed the emissions test badly so I can't yet drive it. I should hear today the garage's verdict on what next - fingers crossed! They said they were surprised (as was I) as there were no signs it was likely to fail - nothing outwardly suggested the cat or other exhaust parts were shot, everything looked good.

So, looking forward to getting to know my new car on the road.

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It's been turbo'd in the past and I believe I have everything needed to do that again at some point, I got a whole load of spares with the car. But one step at a time!

Cheers

Welcome to the forum.

I bet all the car needs is a good tuneup. Do a search on stage zero and read the threads. It will help a lot.

Thanks, Andrew, I'll start going through it. I'm sure a tune up will do it good anyway but now with a replacement cat, it passed emissions today so I should get it back in the next day or two. Pretty excited!

Cheers