I paid $250 for the head, the gaskets and head bolts were around $200.
I heard the same at 20 hours, It's not bad a little tight around turbo with the angle gear being in the way. Probably like 6-8 hrs?? Idk I work on alot of Volvo's so I know them fairly well.

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Funny this exact thing happened to my wife's XC90 last week.

Happened on a cold morning here also.. bent #3 Volvo spark plug ground(electrode) with part of the insulator missing also.I Found a piece of steel (size of an egg shaped BB) in cylinder that got into the valves and damaged the seats. I ...

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Working floor/defrost and Ventilation damper motor (located behind glove box and Drivers side kick panel) from a 1995 Volvo 850 with Electronic Climate Control.

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