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Great advice for buying a Range Rover.
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Colin Barron
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A wise choice Volvo build in quality throughout, not just the quality you can see.
Andrew C!
Been around a while....
There’s a Volvo in my mate’s workshop atm. The fan belt broke and somehow managed to get under the cambelt and it knocked the timing out. We’ve timed it back up and put a new belt on but it doesn’t sound happy
You’ll always get some motors than malfunction.
Tony Lockhart
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For all we know it was a totally neglected older car.
eternumviti
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Good point. The missing wipers represent peak technology. The left and right are linked together, and are ingeniously hand operated by passenger power. I think they had broken. They are entirely useless even when they're not.
As you can see from one of the photos, your really need wipers on the 'inside' too.
I think the winning system is to fold the screen flat when driving, and to avoid wet weather. A friend of mine used to be into rally driving and various forms of motor sport involving ancient cars, on one occasion his wipers packed up so he rigged a string to each side of the mechanism and his passenger pulled them back and forth. I think it worked about as well as you would expect. I have seen systems with a cranking handle hanging out of the dash. As you say they are fairly useless even when working as intended.
Chops54
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16 plate and 90k but well looked after. I’m waiting to see what they decide to do with it, not that I actually want a Volvo. It’s been parked up six weeks and I know the chap already has another motor.
Colin Barron
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Probably did not change the fan belt when it was off to change the cam belt kit. The other false economy is not changing the water pump.There’s a Volvo in my mate’s workshop atm. The fan belt broke and somehow managed to get under the cambelt and it knocked the timing out. We’ve timed it back up and put a new belt on but it doesn’t sound happy
Which engine is it?
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
That one in the skip, over there.
Colin Barron
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The fix may only need, scrape the top of the pistons that contacted, 3 or 4 bent valves/ guides, skim the head, a head gasket kit and cam belt kit. Cheap if the car is a decent price.
Another engine could be a can of worms.
lordsummit
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There’s a Volvo in my mate’s workshop atm. The fan belt broke and somehow managed to get under the cambelt and it knocked the timing out. We’ve timed it back up and put a new belt on but it doesn’t sound happy
It’s the classic way for the Volvo D5 5 cylinder to die. Mine’s due a new belt and a pulley check soon.
martin clark
pinko bodger
The reason for that was simple - the diffs (hence also, driveshaft spline capacity etc) - were basically Rover P4 parts: yes, really.
Feed those through a low-range transfer box and now wonder what the bigger -engine x low-range gearing torque-gain might do to a small diff conceived in the age of The Ovaltinies, the Light Programme, and vespers ...
There are all-sorts of crafty fixes for old Rangies running more (or even standard!) power for longevity - basically, machining the diff housings to receive a bronze pad on set-screws - externally-adjustable - behind the pinion:crown-wheel contact patch, to back-up the crown wheel from simply bending -away from its responsibilities. Supposed to work very, very well, too... at a price.
Colin Barron
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Not a demanding engine for reliable running; quality filters and oil each year with a cam belt kit and a fuel pump belt thrown in every 60,000 miles.
Something big and American? Popular choice.C’mon Steve, I reckon you already know what’s brewing
Compression test will tell you if it has a bent valve. Head jobs on diesels are horrible. I know a few who have tried, some very good mechanics, and the vast majority end in tears. Same goes for turbos on the things. Owners are persuaded to put £1000 into a new turbo "because the engine is probably all right, can't be sure but..." and 2 days later it's "yeah not great news here, turns out the engine went at the same time." 2 of my mates have been stung for that one. One went the whole hog, ended up spending more than the car was worth, the other cut his losses by selling the thing to the mechanic. The second one was a VW Golf 1.9, the ones that are supposed to be indestructible. Modern diesels are great, you can really see the development that has been put in over the last 20 years, but when they go wrong they are dreadful.
Absolutely. He's not going to start on spec when he has a queue of MoTs needing suspension bushes, discs and pads and a lightbulb for another £250, today, thanks.