XC90 2nd Hand Buy/ Query
 

Greetings,
I am currently looking at a 2007 Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 SE but when looking at its MOT history although it passed last year on the advisories it had:

Offside Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt ()
Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)

What do you think ? is the biggest concern the Oil Leak ? ..... a couple of searches flagged up a number of generic and expensive oil issues.

The other 2004 XC90 model i was looking at turned out to have the core plug/ crankshaft issue.

I understand the 2007 shouldnt suffer from this but just concerned about what it could be.

Its a distance buy i.e. flying down from the highlands of Scotland to SE England so obviously being a bit cautious.

Oh and hello everyone .... looking forward to getting more involved once i buy one of these XC90's.

Kain

Crikey the more i read through this forum the more i am questioning going for an XC90 at all :shocked:

Check out the oil leak
 

Ok so it will need a couple of lower wishbones, and maybe something on the steering rack, all very sortable for maybe £300-£400 I guess. (wishbones are about £100 each, don't forget the new stretch bolts)

Have a good look at the oil leak, could be a little one from the upper engine, but if it's underneath I would investigate further. The plastic under tray is foam lined, it can hold a lot of oil before it leaks out.

At that age, what were you expecting!?!
Big heavy car, suspension parts needs renewing more often.

Small oil leak in right place, no worries.

P

Hi Binty
Thanks for that, good to get an estimate on that other stuff, hey might not need it for a while yet. I am probably more concerned regards the oil .... unfortunately i am at the other end of the country so best i can do is send a clickmechanic. They have a pretty comprehensive checklist that they do but not sure if they would be able/ capable to check make/model generic issues e.g. swirl flaps after seeing some posts on here. He might just say "oil leak" ?

Hi Parisien
As above more concerned about the oil leak after reading the swirl flap and oil consumption thread on here .... doesnt fill me with positivity. This model ticks a lot of boxes with the 7 seats etc but just worried that of the few posts i read on the two models i was looking at (2004/2007) your at the mercy of a core plug or swirl flap issue. In fact the 2004 I was going to go for ..... the dealership reported it had to be sent away for a core plug/ cranckshaft seal replacement.

Then the coreplug wont be an issue for you - its been sorted.

Generally on this forum we don’t bore each other by letting everyone know our car started this morning for the 654th day in a row, so you will generally read about people having problems...

Anyhow it’s all been said, the oil leak might be a concern but the rest is routine for any car of that age really.

I would ask why you are travelling so far - with eBay and autotrader it’s not usually hard to find a choice of cars. They won’t be a bus ride away but probably not a flight....?

My 2012 was bought with 68k and is now on close to 100k with only a £400 repair that Volvo did under warranty. Everything else has been routine servicing.

Be under no illusion however that you are buying what was close to a 40k car, large and heavy with a fair amount of power.

If the thought of a 1 or 2 grand bill bothers you then I would not entertain one of these vehicles.

Indeed but when i called them back the next day they said it had been sold :(

The only crumbs of comfort i am taking is that they had not actually sold it but found more damage which made it uneconomical. I mean it was one conversation early evening and then the next morning .... and someone appeared from nowhere and wanted to buy it while it was being investigated for an oil leak .... coincidental ? .... but yeah when he said it had that generic plug issue and they were going to fix it i was excited