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White smoke after 2 head gaskets

Everything on the Volvo S80. Sometimes called an "executive car", the S80 was Volvo's top-of-the-line passenger car. P2 platform.
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fn42
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Year and Model: 98 V70, 00 S80
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Re: White smoke after 2 head gaskets

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is it a turbo?

boosted5cyl
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Post by boosted5cyl »

PCV service is possibly overdue or you have excess blowby. blowby wont always be apparent in a compression test. As for the smoke, could be A/F mixture related either current, or burning off deposits from the past. Any CEL codes? How do the plugs read?
If the compression readings are low might be worth doing an autoRX treatment and a leakdown test cant hurt either,
'04 XC90 2.5T AWD (Angus) 134K.
'99 S80 T6 (Medusa) 214k. On borrowed time LOL
'98 V70 T5 (Vivienne). RIP @ 228K. Spun rod bearings.

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