2004 (54) 2.4 T5: service interval

[Volbo]

Originally Posted by Technician

Back to the car being looked at....make sure it's had a clutch and flywheel as unless it's been driven by the most cautious driver it won't be lasting too much longer. Another thing to check is the exhaust, some cars are still on their first and this will be near the end of its life.

Thanks. I’m not sure whether it’s had a clutch, but the seller assured me that the clutch is in ‘perfect working order’, whatever that means...

The exhaust tip is a different shape to standard, so I imagine that’s been changed.

[Technician]

You can usually tell if the gearbox has been separated from.the engine by looking at the bolt heads. In most instances you would only take the gearbox off to do the clutch.

You can also call Volvo to check what history they have for the car on the central computer, you can then see if the info the seller has matches. It's not 100% accurate as a car I had was missing a dealer stamped service within the first year as they had forgotten to add it to the system...whilst the car was a dealer demonstrator!