1998 V70 4cylinders w/o turbo, Underpowered?

Chris_Arm · Post by **Chris_Arm** » 18 Dec 2010, 10:52

Would a 4 cylinder wagon be underpowered for an AWD wagon? We drive pretty gently and not too much on the highway so could be fine for us.

Looking at one with 165K, great price but it's the first non turbo I've seen, can anyone comment?

Thanks Guys!

chris

Post by **BEJinFbk** » 18 Dec 2010, 11:04

Your topic heading states '98 V70 and you add AWD in your post.
That's a 5 cyl, it's 2.4 IIRC and the AWD's are all turbo.
Perhaps a test drive would better answer your question.

Post by **JRL** » 18 Dec 2010, 12:16

If it's a 4 cylinder I should hope it's underpowered.
As you just were told, all these cars are 5 cylinders

Chris_Arm · Post by **Chris_Arm** » 19 Dec 2010, 21:24

OK thanks, Obviously there's something about the listing that's not quite right!

Post by **FlyingVolvo** » 19 Dec 2010, 22:44

I would stay away from anyone selling a car who doesn't even know its major components.

Post by **Matty Moo** » 20 Dec 2010, 09:07

ecbsykes wrote:I would stay away from anyone selling a car who doesn't even know its major components.

x2. Gives me the impression the seller is flipping the car, and those guys will usually tell you everything you want to hear to get rid of it.

I looked at a s70 last year and asked the seller if the timing belt was up to date. "No timing belt, it has a timing chain. The Germans don't use belts". No thanks.

Post by **misha** » 20 Dec 2010, 16:34

Matty Moo wrote:...I looked at a s70 last year and asked the seller if the timing belt was up to date. "No timing belt, it has a timing chain. The Germans don't use belts". No thanks.

Timing chain?!

Germans?!

I called a few days ago one man for '96 850 which i wanted to buy for spare parts.I asked him is the engine with 10 valves or 20 valves....he answered:8 valves.

instarx · Post by **instarx** » 21 Dec 2010, 04:08

misha wrote: I called a few days ago one man for '96 850 which i wanted to buy for spare parts.I asked him is the engine with 10 valves or 20 valves....he answered:8 valves.

Maybe it was that four-cylinder engine!

Allen in Hemet · Post by **Allen in Hemet** » 21 Dec 2010, 20:47

Maybe it's a V40/V50, a slightly smaller wagon, as compared to V70/850 wagon. They come with a light presure turbo 4 cylinder, but in front drive only. R/ Allen