# 1986 volvo 240 DL **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-volvo-240-dl/3040 "2007-08-13T13:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Dorr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@Don\_Dorr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don_Dorr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-volvo-240-dl/3040/1 "2007-08-13T13:01:13Z")
Our 1986 Volvo 240 DL will start, run 5 seconds and then stall. There is no spark. After 3 minutes spark has returned and engine will start, run 5 seconds and then stall again. No spark. This can be repeated all day! Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Loafer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loafer/32/28_2.png) [@Loafer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Loafer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-volvo-240-dl/3040/2 "2007-08-13T13:49:55Z")
This is a fuel injected car, right? It sounds like the ECU is not getting a tack reference signal from the distributor/ignition module. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Dorr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@Don\_Dorr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don_Dorr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-volvo-240-dl/3040/3 "2007-08-13T13:53:28Z")
Yes, fuel injection. Why would spark return after a few minutes and then run for only 5 seconds? ---
**Author:** ![Loafer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loafer/32/28_2.png) [@Loafer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Loafer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1986-volvo-240-dl/3040/4 "2007-08-13T14:11:58Z")
Bad ignition module can cause this. Check the primary and secondary coil resistance as well, just to rule out the coil.