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From: lurk on 2 Jun 2010 07:46
Problem with a recently acquired a 2001 Volvo s40. I'm frequently
stalling it when in reverse, but not in forward gears. Assuming it's
not me, does this suggest something wrong with the gearbox? Or clutch?
Any suggestions welcomed. TIA

From: Chris Whelan on 2 Jun 2010 08:51
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:46:12 +0100, lurk wrote:

> Problem with a recently acquired a 2001 Volvo s40. I'm frequently
> stalling it when in reverse, but not in forward gears. Assuming it's
> not me, does this suggest something wrong with the gearbox? Or clutch?
> Any suggestions welcomed. TIA

Possibly leading you in completely the wrong direction (pun
unintentional) here, but an Escort I once worked on would stop when
reverse was selected.

The problem turned out to be a loose earth connection at the reversing
light, which was shared with the fuel pump...

May be something similar?

Chris

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From: Michael Hubert Kenyon on 2 Jun 2010 10:20
Chris Whelan wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:46:12 +0100, lurk wrote:
>
>> Problem with a recently acquired a 2001 Volvo s40. I'm frequently
>> stalling it when in reverse, but not in forward gears. Assuming it's
>> not me, does this suggest something wrong with the gearbox? Or clutch?
>> Any suggestions welcomed. TIA
>
> Possibly leading you in completely the wrong direction (pun
> unintentional) here, but an Escort I once worked on would stop when
> reverse was selected.
>
> The problem turned out to be a loose earth connection at the reversing
> light, which was shared with the fuel pump...
>
> May be something similar?
>
> Chris
>

How can a fuel pump share a connection with a reversing light ffs?
From: Adrian on 2 Jun 2010 10:22
Michael Hubert Kenyon <enemabandit(a)virgin.net> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

>> The problem turned out to be a loose earth connection at the reversing
>> light, which was shared with the fuel pump...

> How can a fuel pump share a connection with a reversing light ffs?

"earth connection".

The earth connection was not earthing, so the pump was being earthed
(badly) through the reversing light, reversing switch, and back to the
gearbox.
From: Chris Whelan on 2 Jun 2010 11:22
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:20:31 +0100, Michael Hubert Kenyon wrote:

[...]

> How can a fuel pump share a connection with a reversing light ffs?

Have you ever looked at a car wiring diagram, ffs?

Chris

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