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850 Bad Knock

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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kevinwalter
Posts: 37
Joined: 29 January 2014
Year and Model: V70n 2000, 850R 1996
Location: The Netherlands

Re: 850 Bad Knock

Post by kevinwalter »

I had this sound:

Turned out to be a lifter that had no oil.

Covert
Posts: 103
Joined: 30 July 2016
Year and Model: 1997 850
Location: Northampton

Post by Covert »

Thats a hydraulic tappet lifter noise , best bet is to put a large screwdriver on the cam cover and the other end to your ear see if you can work out which cam then how many are knackered, just done this with my engine as it was having a teardown, and i lost x3 lifters due to oil starvation, when you take them out put them all in oil in individual labeled pots , then you can check them individually and see which ones are fubared ....

Adsteph0408
Posts: 19
Joined: 3 October 2016
Year and Model: 1995 850
Location: Virginia USA

Post by Adsteph0408 »

Dead sure the timing marks are right. Is it very hard to change the lifters?

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