So, I'm finally getting back to working on my daughter's S40. I think I mentioned before that I found another S40 not too far away that someone was selling because it wasn't running. After discussing with the guy we came to the conclusion that it was most likely electrical and he even said the engin...

Yeah, I'm going to plan on dropping it. It'll probably be several days before I can get to it. I'll need to move it to the other side of the garage to give the wife her spot back. That's going to take some rearranging. I'll update once I get into it. Thanks for the input.

After taking some time to actually think, it dawned on me the marks on the side of the #2 piston matches the head. So the piston must be making contact with the head. My initial thought is that the timing must have jumped but I'm starting to wonder if maybe failed bearing caused too much slop, causi...

I also forgot to add this picture to my last post. This is the exhaust spot in the garage I mentioned.

I pulled the plugs and hand cranked it. There was a little resistance as the pistons changed direction but other than that it was relatively smooth. I did a compression test and got consistent numbers on all but #2. The other 4 held at about 135. #2 got to about 115 but slowly started dropping. I th...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll pull the plugs and turn on the balancer pulley this evening. I'll also take a look thru a borescope and see if one of my buddies has a compression kit I can borrow. Or maybe I'll just pick one up tomorrow. I did look at the timing marks on the top cam pulleys but did...

Greetings everyone, newly subscribed but have followed for years. Many thanks to all the contributors over the years, this site has helped me solve problems thru 6 different family Volvos. So I’ve got a problem...I think my daughter’s S40 engine is done but thought I'd check if anyone has other thou...