I have a 98 Volvo S70. A few days ago, I noticed when first leaving work, that my car seemed to be hesitating every once in a while, but then ran fine when I gave it a little more fuel. I stopped off after work to meet a friend. When I started to back out of my parking spot, the car died. I put it in gear and started to pull forward and it died again. I got home just fine, no other issues. The next day, I was driving home and it started to kind of sputter, like it was hesitating a lot! I noticed that I had my foot steady on the gas pedal and it seemed to keep jumping, like I kept pushing on the pedal more, but I wasn't. I got home and pulled into the driveway with it sputtering worse than ever, and it died just as I pulled in. We have figured out that it is getting fuel all the way to the injectors and we did the test with the wire to test the fuel pump relay. Not sure what else it could be. Now, it won't even start. It turns over, but dies immediately. Please help!

 

Check for any stored fault codes.
That gives you a starting point as opposed to guessing and unnecessary expense.

 

I had this problem recently...check me if I'm wrong, but if you leave it running, does the car just die, as if the engine is flooded or something? Or it doesnt get enought Oxygen to run proper?

 

I recently bought a 2000 Volvo S70 with 77k miles. For the past month I have had a problem where ever once in a while when starting the car it will sputter out and not start. It always starts on the second or third try. I've brought it in 2 times and the dealer claims that they can't find anything wrong with it. I've tried researching the issue online and have read of people have a similiar issue but no one seems to know of a cause. Some suggestions online are that is has to do with the key or the antenae ring inside the ignition. Any Volvo mechanics out there?

 

 

My 1998 S70 was sputtering at lights & intermittent loss of power while driving. It was a real problem and not safe to drive. I changed the fuel pump relay (under hood with other relays). Now it's back to it's old self- so try that..?

 

And try some fuel system cleaner every oil change. It got my 91 240 back to life

91 240 168K
98 S70 123K
98 V70XC 114k

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