I first wanna say this is a very cool forum. I have all ready learned a lot of new things just by lurking around here for the past few days. 3 days ago I bought my first Volvo. A 1989 Volvo240 DL automaticfor $850. The body is in excellant shape (but needs paints). The interior is pretty good just needs front seat cushions and covers. The drivetrain is where I'm gonna put in some hard work. The previous owners did not take such good care of her. It has several oil leaks (dirty flame trap), needs a good tune-up, needs some wiring harness repairs. Oh and it's missing the air cleaner assembly ??? Not just the filter but the box and hose. But still she runs very strong. I have never worked on Volvo before. But I do have experience with muscle cars mostly Mopars. I am by no means any kind of "pro". But I have turned a few wrenches and I have a little paint and body experience.I'll be flooding the 240 section with a bunch of questions. I'll try to use the search feature so I won't annoyanyone. I'll post some pics as soon as my kids teach me how to use the digital camera. Many thanks for all of the help that this forum will bring me in the future.

 

Uh-oh! No air cleaner assembly?

That's not good. A blown air mass sensor is $$$$. I would get to a Pick-A-Part quickly and get that air cleaner before something bad gets sucked into the air intake and blows away the little wire in the air mass sensor.

 

feel free to post as many pics as you can. I'd like to see the beast.