Xc not starting 🤯
 

Hi all i bought a xc90 yey but now i want to set it on fire bought the car it was beautiful to drive so was happy with it brought it home put it on the drive left it for a couple days so i could check it over removed the airbox to get gearbox code then put it back together then i went to start the car it reved up to 2500rpm then died straight away it did this twice and now it wont start at all it comes up on the dash with 042 code read it with torque pro and came back with the maf so changed it for new but still wont start has anyone had this before i do have a vida setup coming tomorrow but I'm not holding my breath its going to show me anything different

I'm about to post something very similar ... new V70 petrol bought on saturday .Would not start/fire today .. Had the very same thing 4 years ago with a D5. Topped up diesel/petrol and it was all good. Even though gauge shows no way near empty . Something to do with the pump /sensor under rear seats . So engine thinks there is bugger all fuel and it wont fire


Might be wrong , but could be right ? !!

Its funny i had actually thought of that myself and my drive isn't exactly level either so would make it worse i suppose not going to hurt to try it thankyou

Thanks for your advise put £14 of fuel in and fired up straight away still got some faults to put right but very happy its running

I took a chance and it worked and so did you !! There is a pump/ float issue on the these cars /Petrol or diesel .

Change your fuel filter too. I had this issue on low fuel when mine was old. been fine since.

There are numerous threads about Buying genuine Volvo fuel filters and the issues that can go wrong if you don't.

However they are stupidly expensive so on another thread (which I can't find just now) someone found a link to the actual manufacturer of the genuine Volvo filter (Purflux) and they are sold on ebay for £11. Brand-New-Purflux-Fuel-Filter-

Brand New Purflux Fuel Filter - C516 - 12 Months Warranty!