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Originally Posted by Jerry1975
Hi there,
Reading your thread with interest.
Had a quick look on eBay at the different ball joint options for this model and I can see that some are 21mm and others are 18mm.
what was interesting is that one of the listings for an 18mm ball joint says that it will only fit 2008 model V50 D5s with the last 6-digits of the chassis number up to "209290."
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-S40...EFp:rk:11:pf:0
Whilst on the subject, I'm looking at buying a V50 D5 of similar vintage and was interested to read your comments on overall reliability.
What sort of MPG are you getting on average and is that mostly urban stuff or motorway?
Also, is your car running standard power?
J  |
Hi,
When I phoned the local volvo dealer with a chassis number they still weren't sure as to which ball joints I should get. I think I may just by a set of each and return the incorrect ones as it means I won't get stuck with the car in bits.
As far as mpg goes I reckon average is about 43-45mpg never really tried to monitor the other figures but that's what the dash read out says for average. I do a fair mix of driving, my commute is around 20 miles each way on country roads and I do quite a few motorway runs between Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
As I understand it the D5 is a dry DPF (I may be wrong) which I've heard may be slightly better in terms of reliability than the wet ones. Also mine is rarely used for short journeys which I think helps.
At the moment the car is completely standard but when the exhaust goes i will probably look at an upgrade which may then mean a remap as well. At some point in the near future I may get The engine BG cleaned to try and prolong the life of the EGR system. After that I think if the suspension starts to feel tired I'll maybe uprate that too but so far it has been an excellent bus for me!