The oil in the car is very clean and still yellow and not even dirty as the car was serviced on sale and has only done around 30 miles per week since 7 months ago. I did notice a cloud of white gas behind the car the last time it done it that looked like an unburnt fuel cloud. I am not using any oil...

No bill, Im not aware of how to check for fault codes? the last time it done it the engine orange light stayed on for 2 days then went off and the car was fine.

Well thanks bill, but the other week i did just that. Got in the car and drove the wife to the bank, she got out and went into the bank, i sat with the car idleing. she got back in the car after about 5 mins being in the bank. the same thing happened, engine felt like it was missing and had no power...

I have a V40 2.0 sport 2002. The engine starts fine and the gas pedal works great. But as its winter, I like the car to warm up and leave it idle for 5 mins to reach temperature. This is where is goes wrong.. As soon as i go to accelerate the engine feels like its missing and sounds like a tank and ...

Forgot to mention that the fact they ran it out of oil would mean that its more than likely that the turbo siezed at this point!
My moneys on the turbo...

Dude, I drive trucks and know the symptoms of a blown turbo.

1 when idleing there is smoke
2 when you put your foot down, there is a load of smoke
3 distinct lack of power
4 intercooler fills with oil

any of this sound familiar?

if so... BLOWN TURBO

Went down to volvo, spoke to parts and there is a plug with a gasket on this engine which cost about £10 Uk so the parts are ordered and will fit them today.

Does anyone know what engine is in this model or have a diagram? its like a sensor has fallen off or something. so if you jack the car up and look up where the manifold bends but on the engine. to the right of the manifold and up a small way is where the offending hole is. when you look inside the h...

Today blue smoke was billowing from under my bonnet. Oil is getting onto the exhaust manifold. When I look under the car at the rear of the engine there is something missing off the engine block? its just where the manifold bends, you have to use a mirror to see down the hole and its not threaded? w...