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Originally Posted by CLF
It's been an interesting few years, according to the MOT checker the V70 went for 3 more years after it had been taken away for "scrap" I knew she had it in her to carry on. The XC90 was sold as I was spending more on diesel re-gening the DPF than I was in putting miles on the thing, I replaced it with an Alfa. Life circumstances now tell me I need another motorway mile muncher, and despite considering C class Mercs and even Mondeo estates I think I'm coming back to Volvo. More likely a V60 D4 than anything else at the moment.
Not getting rid of the Alfa though, they are a very strange phenomenon and I completely see how people fall hopelessly in love with these basket cases.
It will be nice to be back in the Volvo fold once again.
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For the love of goodness, be very careful buying a D4 Volvo, particularly an early one. These 4 cylinder Volvo's with VEA engines simply aren't as good as the old 5 cylinder diesels. The VEA engines are well known to burn oil due to piston rings, plus there's EGR issues and EGR cooler problems - Very expensive fixes. If you do buy a 4 cylinder D4, get a newer one (2017 onwards). They made improvements around that model year.
If ULEZ doesn't matter to you, I'd advise buying another 5 cylinder D5 or you can get a 5 cylinder D4 (which isn't a VEA engine) if you look hard enough.
I'd take a 5 cylinder diesel any day over an early 4 cylinder. Fuel economy won't be as good, but that's a trade off for reliability. Like I said, only buy the D4 if its well up in the years.