940 threatening to stall at low revs

Discussion in 'Volvo 940' started by tands, Mar 6, 2006.

  1. tands

    tands Guest

    I have a 1992 940 turbo.

    When the engine is warm, at low revs, it's threatening to stall. The
    rev counter drops to 500 and, naturally, you try to get this back up by
    feeding some throttle through. But this doesn't always help, almost as
    if the engine's flooding. If I have the car in gear with the clutch
    down and try to lift it and gently squeeze the throttle, the revs,
    having got back to around 1000/1200, fall as if the car is about to
    stall. However, it's not stalling.

    All very strange and I'm really not sure what's going on. I've got the
    car booked in for a trip to the mechanic later this week but would like
    to have a clearer idea as to what might be wrong. Anyone got any ideas?

    Tim
     
    tands, Mar 6, 2006
    #1
  2. A good place to start is to clean the throttle body and the Idle Air Control
    valve under the throttle body. Usually the symptoms are worse when cold as
    those two get gunked up, but not always.

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Mar 6, 2006
    #2
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