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Aug 20th, 2009, 22:54 | #11 |
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A 440 originaly from south wales , which dealers has it been through in the service book? Looks familiar! The diesel should go pretty well and once when i took one of the same year from bristol to Swansea not exceeding 60 mph got 77 mpg ....
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Aug 22nd, 2009, 09:55 | #12 |
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If you are an engineer you should be able to change the cambelt yourself.Haynes dont do a manual for that car so i used a combination of the Haynes petrol car manual and also their Automotive Diesel Engine Guide (3286) ISBN 1 85960 286 X the cambelt is easy -it is the prep work which was a bit of a 'mare.My crankshaft pulley was 'fairly' tight and my neighbour was giggling when he saw me with a socket,T bar + jacking handle + 4 feet of exhaust pipe to crack the bolt,we werent sure if the bolt or the socket was going to break first LOL but it worked ok You may need to take a panel off under the flywheel to lock the ring gear for pulley removal. You are supposed to use a special tool to tension the belt,perhaps you might know a friendly volvo man - i just had to estimate the tension on mine-not ideal LOL. Depending on your usual journey length anything over 45mpg is a bonus,best I ever got was 56 mpg touring up in the outer hebrides,but normally 48-50 mpg |
Aug 22nd, 2009, 10:55 | #13 |
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The clutch set should be fairly straight forward to get. EBay has them for £60 or even your local auto store should be able to order one as as there basically a renault part.
The fuel filter I found is very basic, though a bit awkward to change compared to the pug and Citroen td's. I did find that the fuel filter hand pump was very weak on mine, so I cut the fuel pipe near the driver side top mount and inserted a squeeze bulb or grenade which works far better for fuel bleeding when changing the fuel filter! Also the fuel filter housing can draw in air if not tighened (well did on mine), which led me to believe why these engines have a tentancy for cutting out going up a hill when fuel was low in the tank! |
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baytrack cardiff somertons newport gwent lex volvo new port is this the car i wonder ?? kirky ps im looking for a clutch for said vehicle and im thinking of a heavy duty clutch as it has a tow bar on and it will have some heavy haluage to do from time to time any advice welcome thanks again kirky |
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Aug 23rd, 2009, 16:15 | #15 |
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yes it is . has it got any entries in the service book in red ?
The standard clutch will do fine with towing , they have never been a problem ..
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Aug 23rd, 2009, 20:35 | #16 |
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it has no service history marked in book just a big pile of receipts for hundreds of pound!!! its like the service pages up to 70k are missing for some reason ?????
i hear what your saying about standard clutches being ok but can you buy a heavyer duty one as i hate taking gear boxes out on front wheel drive motors. I dont know if its a bad job to do or not ???? anyone done one before ???? all info galdly recieved many thanks kirky |
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The standard clutch for the diesel is already uprated ... I wouldnt worry , if it is working ok it will for a long long time , volvo clutches generaly dont wear out unless they are abused .
Being serviced at those outlets you mentioned means it has been well looked after :-)
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Aug 26th, 2009, 17:19 | #19 |
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yes i'd certainly fit the genuine clutch if you dont want to have to do the job again in the near future .
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