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palwing · Oct 24th, 2008, 14:57

Hi..all done and dusted. Picked my car up yesterday afternoon and paid the bill. Car feels a lot smoother and seems to accelerate more quickly. However, this could be due to a "placebo" effect as I was loaned a 1.8 S40 for the time my V70 was off the road. Reasonable car, but not in the same class.

My "new" car started first turn this AM with overnight temps sub 10'C. Hot starts are as good as always.

I will now monitor fuel consumption and see if anything has changed. Will follow up with thoughts in a few weeks time.

Suffolk, I asked about later model V70's and D5 injectors. The guy reckons that they are not affected and should not be a problem as Volvo had sorted it all by then. So, looks like 02/03 models only.

Hope this helps someone in the future. My overall thoughts are that if I knew when I bought the car what I know now, I still would have bought it as it was the right price at the time. Also, it's a bloody good car with a superb engine. Now have only 150 miles to the big 100,000! I reckon with TLC it should be good for another 100k. Damn..that's tempting fate, huh?

Next car, a nice post 02/03 XC90 D5 auto?

Oct 24th, 2008, 14:57	#25
palwing Member Last Online: Sep 10th, 2023 19:32 Join Date: May 2007 Location: OneBoat	Job done Hi..all done and dusted. Picked my car up yesterday afternoon and paid the bill. Car feels a lot smoother and seems to accelerate more quickly. However, this could be due to a "placebo" effect as I was loaned a 1.8 S40 for the time my V70 was off the road. Reasonable car, but not in the same class. My "new" car started first turn this AM with overnight temps sub 10'C. Hot starts are as good as always. I will now monitor fuel consumption and see if anything has changed. Will follow up with thoughts in a few weeks time. Suffolk, I asked about later model V70's and D5 injectors. The guy reckons that they are not affected and should not be a problem as Volvo had sorted it all by then. So, looks like 02/03 models only. Hope this helps someone in the future. My overall thoughts are that if I knew when I bought the car what I know now, I still would have bought it as it was the right price at the time. Also, it's a bloody good car with a superb engine. Now have only 150 miles to the big 100,000! I reckon with TLC it should be good for another 100k. Damn..that's tempting fate, huh? Next car, a nice post 02/03 XC90 D5 auto?