Sorry for the noob question. My old unused 1989 Volvo Wagon, 740 Turbo, has been sitting in the driveway for months. I was starting it every week and the engine always fired right up. But have unable to get to it for a month, and now it won't start. Plenty of gas in the tank.
Where can I spray some ether to try and start it this way? Don't want to damage anything, and it's not totally clear looking at the engine.
Googled for almost an hour but could not find anything, also on these boards. Thanking anyone for info!
Simple instructions appreciated!

 

is the battery up?

i take off the intake hose at the driver side intercooler and squirt it in there, then quickly replace the hose before starting.

 

This thread should go in the 740 section, not the 760 section. A moderator will move it, just fyi. It will get a little more attention when it gets moved.

If you are bent on "ether starting" it, you can pull a vacuum line off the manifold to insert some. I would suggest the turbo gauge line. It's a small line on the intake manifold. The throttle body comes into the manifold on the driver's side and the manifold junctions out into four runners. On the opposite side of the junction from the throttle body there are small vacuum tube connectors. There should be three there. One goes over to the turbo (it controls the bypass valve) another goes into an elbow in a larger tube system (it's the PCV) and the last should follow the fuel rail, go to the firewall, over the to the driver's side and through the fire wall. That's the line to the gauge. I would use that one to spray in some starter fluid.

However, I doubt that will make it go. I would determine if you have spark or gas. If you crank for a bit and then pull a spark plug out to find it wet, you know that you have gas. You can pull a plug, reconnect it to the wire and touch the end of the plug to the block and have someone crank the car to check for spark. Beware, don't touch the metal part of the plug. You will get shocked. That will tell you which way you need to troubleshoot.

 

Thanks for all the tips, and sorry I am in the wrong forum! I should know better, just did not read carefully, my apologies. Will try...

 

Titan Joe, appreciate the detailed directions, thanks to which I found everything even though it was the first time I had touched the manifold. However, the inlet to the line to the gauge was too low to safely reach with the ether spray (no tube), so I used lev's suggestion to take off the intake hose at the intercooler (after googling what it was) squirted a bit of ether in, replaced the hose, and started right up! I know it's not a preferred method of starting an engine and don't use it very often.
Thanks guys, and won't cross-thread again.