# Volvo 240 fuel system

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-fuel-system/40163>\
**Category:** Power/Fuel\
**Tags:** volvo, gasoline, 240\
**Created:** [November 30, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-fuel-system/40163 "2009-11-30T02:36:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![cringris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@cringris](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cringris)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-fuel-system/40163/1 "2009-11-30T02:36:51Z")

</div>

My 1991 240 left me on the side of the road yesterday awaiting a tow truck. It had been running fine previously, and I had just pulled into a gas station to get fuel after driving about 130 miles on the highway. After fueling i turned the key and got the starter to engage, but the engine would not turn over. It seemed to me like it wasn’t getting fuel, I removed the air filter and examed the spark plugs but nothing seemed out of place. There are no service lights on either. Any help?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-fuel-system/40163/2 "2009-11-30T02:44:04Z")

</div>

I’m confused. “the engine would not turn over” is very different from “it wasn’t getting fuel”. The latter would have the engine turn over but not start. Which is it?