Thread: S40: - Phase 1 or phase 2?
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Old Jul 12th, 2020, 21:45   #2
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Quick question - am I right in thinking that a W-reg 2 litre S40 automatic with single headlamps not twin, a full-width black bumper strip round the front, window / mirror switches in the centre console, and a vertical slatted grille(as opposed to egg-crate) is very likely to be a phase 1, and therefore won't have VVT?

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Not necessarily, because at some point in mid late 1999 S40, V40 models, started coming with the S2 engine. Check your engine code. You most probably have the B4204S2 engine, which has the VVT . The earlier B4204S, will not have a VVT
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