EBay has some 2.5T engines with ~ 100K miles for $200 to $300 or so.

Of course, new Timing Belt kit, Cam seals x4
and RMS as mentioned...

Spalding in Spokane has a lot of cars, with engines checked, removed, on a dry shelf. http://www.spaldings.com I likely have less experience than you, but when I had an Audi engine fail in the middle of nowhere, I trucked it 500 miles home, bought a good used engine from Spalding, they shipped it fo...

Nice resolution!

Buying another Volvo while you fix your other Volvo, who would have thunk? Whenever I think the 35 hours I sank into the resurrection of “ the Kat” was crazy, I remind myself that it enables me to keep another lady on the road while I do a multiple weekend job on an engine rebuild , trans swap, clut...

It might be worth dropping the pan and just swapping in a new bearing shell? Maybe only 6 hours of labor.

You could isolate the cylinder by pulling coil wires

It might be worth dropping the pan and just swapping in a new bearing shell? Maybe only 6 hours of labor. Cylinder head and valve cover lobes have some significant wear even w/o oil starvation. Running without oil wrecked both for sure. Oil starved 5 cylinder is good maybe for weights or fancy glas...

VolvoDJ wrote: ↑02 Jun 2022, 18:55 ....Nearly immaculate vehicle. Made a deal and bought it.

Now wife has a reliable vehicle again, ...

..but...but....you’re letting a known assassin drive this car...?

Maybe start doing daily oil checks on her vehicles? Just saying.
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May theCreator bless all the women in my life who treat their mechanical stuff with love and respect. I like to think they appreciate the work of keeping old fleet seaworthy and their car payments at $0

Forgot to add Pros / cons? I've done a lot of things with transferable skills (40+ years of automotive work, and 30 of that on mostly Volvos--heads, clutches, brakes, suspension, etc.-- and have used an engine hoist to lift, move, and precisely place 1000+ lb. objects in construction, etc.) but have...