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S40 / V40 '96-'04 General Forum for the Volvo S40 and V40 (Classic) Series from 1995-2004. |
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Jun 24th, 2020, 22:59 | #1 |
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New to the forums, so hi.
I bought a 2001 Volvo 1.8 last week and am enjoying it greatly. But I did the stupid and got lucky when buying it as it had no history or documents besides a new clean mot ticket and its v5 (owner passed away and family dumped all his paperwork including his car stuff. Or so I'm told) Anyway, I dont really know much about modern cars as my previous daily was a '57 series 4 Morris oxford lol ( now being restored) I'd like to know more about my Volvo as all I currently know about it is what the badges on the boot say :/ |
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Jun 26th, 2020, 08:14 | #3 |
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Hi mate and welcome.
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When I became a new V40 owner I read the first 50 pages of this forum
all the way from Australia, and then the buying repairs and mods began
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I assume it's the Volvo 1.8 as it's just badged as 1.8 but I dont know its history so if its had it engine replaced, probably not though lol |
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The GDI has a big black engine cover, with the letters GDI, I'm assuming yours doesn't have this then it will be the Volvo engine. Is the tax stupidly expensive? That's another way to tell 😂
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welcome to the forum,
Be warned though, that if you have not got the V5, there will be a long wait( possibly 3 months before you will get a replacement from DVLA, the 1.8 on a 2001 possibly will be the volvo unit, do they still use the Renault gearbox though? Last edited by martin 56; Jul 4th, 2020 at 09:01. |
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I know this sounds obvious, but if you pop the bonnet and photograph the engine we'll be able to confirm what engine it is.
Also, at the back of the bulkhead there's the vin panel with various codes - take a pic of that and then we'll tell you where you can look more details up on the internet. Also if you take a pic of the dash ie the area where the radio sits we'll let you know about the spec etc, in case you've not got an owners manual HTH, & congrats on the purchase
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