My volvo 340gl keeps cutting out

[Joe Harding]

Originally Posted by Mike Hollebone

Hi Joe sorry it has taken so long to get back to you I dont use the forum very often. Thanks for the info still not sure what was causing the problem but it seems to have gradully improved as I changed and fettled each component in turn. eventually I had it put on a computer diagnostic machine which picked up a sticky carbon brush in the distributor cap but could find nothing else wrong. the car had been running fine all the way over to get this test done. anyway I have now changed the distributer cap and rotor arm and Sold the car! Problem solved! The New owner wrang me the other day and said he is delighted with it. I have a 1-7 DL I am running instead I dont think I like it as much as the 1-4GL but I had rather lost faith in it so it had to go.
regards Mike Hollebone.

Glad you got it sorted. All the same, I had a 1.7 and didn't like it as much as the 1.4. It didn't last as well, all sorts of things went wrong and we were glad to get shot of it in the end.

Here's hoping you have better experiences...

Cheers