Very interesting, never seen this or heard of it before...And Im on my 4th Volvo...2 of them early 80's models.....Dad...ice cream for labor....cool. and she did help....
They phased out kjet on US 240s by 82 for NA cars and 85 for the turbo 240s, but kjet was used in 240s in other parts of the world well into the end of the 240 production run
Need a part 2! Found an '83 GLT with the kjet that I might buy but we couldn't get it running today. This video was awesome and I'm glad I found your channel. The car I'm looking at is a turbo so it looks like there are some differences but this was a great!
Adorable kids! Thanks for this video. I just bought a k-jet car. I can get it to run after LOTS of cranking, but she’ll stall out, and generally runs rough. I just changed the fuel filter, rotor, cap, wires, and plugs. The old plugs were quite black and smelled of varnish. This car sat for about 20 years. I’m going to assume the k-jet isn’t closing all the way, so it’s running very rich- making it hard to start. I’m also looking at going to LH, but I’m going to disassemble the k-jet first and clean it well.
Hey good to hear people with k jetronic out there. I am lost and can’t figure out how to bring it back to life. If you can record your work that will be great if you can share.
I decided to try the chemical route for my k-jet car (sitting for 20 years). Put in 3 cans of SeaFoam, a tank full of premium, some concentrated fuel injector cleaner, and another bottle of some kind of miracle cleaner. Basically, this tank should now be full of jet fuel. Now the car runs, and runs pretty well! I got very lucky here I think. Eventually I will still dismantle the system and clean things properly, but this is a huge win so far.
Great video! It's cool to learn about the k-jet system! I had a 79 242GT I made a few videos of before running it on a Lemons Rally. I'm thankful I didn't have to learn k-jet by fire, but should I ever pick up another. I'm definitely a bit smarter now! My 83 245 has a b21A and it looks oddly similar but wildly different! Can't wait for the next part!
Great video, I got a 1982 244 Volvo with k jetronic, that won’t start. I hope you can show us how to revive it. I am in San Antonio Tx. Any help will be greatly appreciate.
82 non turbo is especially pesky, most of the us models were b21-mpg so they had the kjet plus the Chrysler ignition, the last two 82s I had, I just converted to lh2.2
I am interested in your 242. I love old Volvos and would like to own another. If you get a chance I'd appreciate chatting with you about the car. Thanx
@@240rescue GREAT Looking forward to your next video. My 1980 242 has a no start situation, so I'm diving into the K-Jet looking for problems (it has spark and compression) - but I am a novice. So any help you can offer in your video will be a godsend to me. Cheers!
Great episode! Thanks for some explanation on Kjet. I have a LH2.2 and it's great. I was looking at some spare kjet B230 and wondered how much effort is there to convert to lh2.2? Also your kids are the so sweet! :D
On my third Brick, and as a father, this may now be my all-time favorite y t video.
Brother just got an 87 245 GL. Running and ready to receive some tough love from myself.
Super glad I found your channel!
Thanks bro.
thumbs up on the vid for being a great father and a sub for being a great volvo tech lol
Thanks a lot! I appreciate that
Very interesting, never seen this or heard of it before...And Im on my 4th Volvo...2 of them early 80's models.....Dad...ice cream for labor....cool. and she did help....
They phased out kjet on US 240s by 82 for NA cars and 85 for the turbo 240s, but kjet was used in 240s in other parts of the world well into the end of the 240 production run
K-Jet for life! My daily is an 82 240 turbo with 515K miles.
Very cool, unfortunately the kjet in this car is pretty toasted
Thanks
Please do a full k jet tear down video 🙌🙌. I'm also working on my running 240 b200e and that would help me a lot
I’m on it
Need a part 2! Found an '83 GLT with the kjet that I might buy but we couldn't get it running today. This video was awesome and I'm glad I found your channel. The car I'm looking at is a turbo so it looks like there are some differences but this was a great!
Very cool! I actually have a turbo one too! But I haven’t started work or videos on it yet
Looking forward to more videos! I love these videos.
Thanks a lot
Adorable and awesome
Adorable kids! Thanks for this video. I just bought a k-jet car. I can get it to run after LOTS of cranking, but she’ll stall out, and generally runs rough. I just changed the fuel filter, rotor, cap, wires, and plugs. The old plugs were quite black and smelled of varnish. This car sat for about 20 years. I’m going to assume the k-jet isn’t closing all the way, so it’s running very rich- making it hard to start. I’m also looking at going to LH, but I’m going to disassemble the k-jet first and clean it well.
Hey good to hear people with k jetronic out there. I am lost and can’t figure out how to bring it back to life. If you can record your work that will be great if you can share.
Sounds like you guys are having the same Kjet blues, I’ll document what I do and try to explain what I have learned on the way
@@240rescue thank you very much!
@@240rescue thank you!
I decided to try the chemical route for my k-jet car (sitting for 20 years). Put in 3 cans of SeaFoam, a tank full of premium, some concentrated fuel injector cleaner, and another bottle of some kind of miracle cleaner. Basically, this tank should now be full of jet fuel. Now the car runs, and runs pretty well! I got very lucky here I think. Eventually I will still dismantle the system and clean things properly, but this is a huge win so far.
Hopefully you can get it up and going. I love my 1980 245 with K-jet, only because it works. It seems a bit tricky to diagnose but doable.
Yeah we’ll see, still on the fence about this one
My K-jet is a tad lumpy
Injector seals replaced :)
What’s the upgraded injection system?
Upgrade would be LH2 or LH2.2 efi
Great video! It's cool to learn about the k-jet system! I had a 79 242GT I made a few videos of before running it on a Lemons Rally. I'm thankful I didn't have to learn k-jet by fire, but should I ever pick up another. I'm definitely a bit smarter now!
My 83 245 has a b21A and it looks oddly similar but wildly different!
Can't wait for the next part!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it, I hope to own a GT too someday
I've a few kjet boots you're welcome to man. In Dallas so shouldn't take long to get to you via USPS.
Hey are you good with k jetronic, any info you can share? Thanks
@@ecirlos4902 I'm useless at it being honest, tried to resurrect my 242 turbo and now going with a b230 ft lh2.4 conversion
Thanks I appreciate the offer, I may take you up on the boots later, I’m still trying to decide what I’m doing as well and LH may also be on the table
Would you be happy to send one to Australia?
Great content as always chris, thanks for the video!!
Thank you
Thanks Chris, this is great 😊
Thanks
Great video, I got a 1982 244 Volvo with k jetronic, that won’t start. I hope you can show us how to revive it. I am in San Antonio Tx. Any help will be greatly appreciate.
82 non turbo is especially pesky, most of the us models were b21-mpg so they had the kjet plus the Chrysler ignition, the last two 82s I had, I just converted to lh2.2
Nice, is it easy to do that. Do you have an idea how much that job costs?
@@240rescue any updates on how to bring gas to the cylinders?
No updates yet, just towed to my new garage and plan to work on it again soon
Good information to know,☝🏽👏🏿👌👍👆👍👍👍
Thanks
I am interested in your 242. I love old Volvos and would like to own another. If you get a chance I'd appreciate chatting with you about the car. Thanx
Thanks for the interest but it’s not for sale at the moment
Nice video. How many 242's do you have?
I have a few of them, but I sold 2 not long ago
@@240rescue I have a silver 79 242GT and love it
Would absolutely love to see a tear down of this system👌
I love to see a roll up up video on the 1980 242. Did you convert it to EFI?
I have not converted just yet but I have begun the kjet removal so that should be up soon
@@240rescue GREAT Looking forward to your next video. My 1980 242 has a no start situation, so I'm diving into the K-Jet looking for problems (it has spark and compression) - but I am a novice. So any help you can offer in your video will be a godsend to me. Cheers!
Great episode! Thanks for some explanation on Kjet. I have a LH2.2 and it's great. I was looking at some spare kjet B230 and wondered how much effort is there to convert to lh2.2? Also your kids are the so sweet! :D
Thanks for the compliments, lh2.2 conversion is pretty simple and I will document it if that’s the route I take
Do you have the knowledge to do a kjet to efi swap video? I have an 82 245 turbo that i would love to revitalize