Volvo Findings! (What have you found on FB/Craiglist/Kijiii/other)?

[bmdubya1198]

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/ch ... 85926.html
Cool green station wagon:

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This is pretty nice! Not a B230FT though, not sure where he got that info.

I need those E code headlights and corners for my 240... I have E codes on the driver side, but not the passenger side. Someone replaced it with US parts after a minor collision.

[RickHaleParker]

Not a B230FT though, not sure where he got that info.

VINDECODERZ comes back with B230FT/B23FT R4 2.3L. Look at this decode.

[RickHaleParker]

How's the condition of the Four C?

Pulled the front wheel off, Unity Quick Strut staring back at me. The right Strut mount is broken. I'll need to figure out my options.

Rears are still 4C, by condition looks like originals. They been in there a long time.

[bmdubya1198]

Not a B230FT though, not sure where he got that info.

VINDECODERZ comes back with B230FT/B23FT R4 2.3L. Look at this decode.

That's probably where then... that site is obviously not too accurate considering it says it has an M56 transmission.

How's the condition of the Four C?

Pulled the front wheel off, Unity Quick Strut staring back at me. The right Strut mount is broken. I'll need to figure out my options.

Rears are still 4C, by condition looks like originals. They been in there a long time.

Take a look in the Facebook groups... you could probably score a good deal on a good used set of Four C struts.

[abscate]

I see them for sale on Facebook and whatnot every now and again for pretty cheap. There’s a set for sale locally right now for $400. My cousin got his for something like $250.

They look so pretty new out of the box!

I reckon it does make sense to get wheels that are more open, for displaying the R calipers

Why show your calipeRs when they just get Rusty fasteR than Regulars

[abscate]

Have no idea what somebody was thinking when they wrapped the Charged air pipe. One wants the Charged air to lose heat. That is why there is an Intercooler.

Yeah,that is a good tip off

Nice score though, Rick, especially in Atacama leather. Sell that for a $2500 and put $100 of pnp leather back in

[erikv11]

Have no idea what somebody was thinking when they wrapped the Charged air pipe. One wants the Charged air to lose heat. That is why there is an Intercooler.

Yeah,that is a good tip off

Nice score though, Rick, especially in Atacama leather. Sell that for a $2500 and put $100 of pnp leather back in

I agree that wrapping the pipe is a silly and almost certainly useless modification but it's not so clear that it is actually counterproductive? It gets pretty warm in the engine bay. They wrapped the pipe that runs over the hot engine, not the intercooler that passes outside air.

[bmdubya1198]

I agree that wrapping the pipe is a silly and almost certainly useless modification but it's not so clear that it is actually counterproductive? It gets pretty warm in the engine bay. They wrapped the pipe that runs over the hot engine, not the intercooler that passes outside air.

True, and the OTE pipe is pre-intercooler anyway, so you're not going to have much heat dissipation going on there. And how much of a temperature difference could there be between the charge air running through that pipe versus the engine?

[RickHaleParker]

Nice score though, Rick, especially in Atacama leather.

Not as nice as I was hoping. Tried to check the oil when I was looking it over, the handle on the dipstick was separated from the stick so I could not check.

Topped off the coolant with a gallon of water. It all disappeared. Fished the stick out of the tube, water in the crankcase. I was hoping it was the radiator but from what I can see the engine coolant and the oil coolant are completely two separate systems on this car.

Head gasket, warped head, remote possibly cracked in the block. I can not think of anything else. Be wonderful if somebody else can.

Guess it time for me to replace the Compression tester that got stolen.

[erikv11]

It has a biscuit oil cooler yes - the only place oil and coolant can mix on a P2 is in the engine.