Well, after absolutely ages, the first garage never came back with a price. I rang them again. Nothing. I made a bit point of asking whether they knew the engine "Oh yes, we've done a few of these.." However, there aren't that many about, so that might not be that likely.
After deliberating for quite some time, I decided to go to IVS in Letchworth Garden City. I went there last time - about 7 years ago. I was encouraged by what I saw when I dropped the car off - loads of old Volvos, a couple of which were V70 classics. I said I can hopefully pick it up this Friday (15th)
Will keep you all updated. I'm just glad it got as far as it did without a catastrophic failure. The MoT is due in late July, so I will hopefully be able to fix the other issues by then too. That said, my insurance expires on 19th June, so if it has other 'terminal' issues, at least I can throw the towel in.
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