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1995 volvo 850 GLT auto engine swap candidates.

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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FinnTimmermans
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Year and Model: Volvo 850 GLT 1995
Location: The Netherlands

1995 volvo 850 GLT auto engine swap candidates.

Post by FinnTimmermans »

Hello,
I've recently bought my first volvo with some friends, so I'm kind of new to volvo's. Also this is my first forum so apologies in advance for some incorrect terminology.

A couple of months ago i've bought a 1995 Volvo 850 GLT with the four gear automatic. After a while we had multiple problems with the engine. Broken head gasket, overheating problems.
We first tryed replacing the head gasket but this resulted in no changes. Still having a milkshake engine oil and drinking gallons of coolant on every minor drive. Also still getting very hot on small drives.
After contemplating for a while, we think it's a warped head or a crack somewere in the engine.

So we decited on swapping the engine.
After a long wile searching we couldn't find the exact replacement engine (B5264S, B5264FS or B5264F), or a compatible engine that can run on the (Bosch LH-3.2/EZ) ECU and engine loom system.

Also after reading multiple forums i know that there are multiple possibilities for engine swaps on the 850 platform.

My question is what the possibilities are for a mostly bolt in engine swap. Resulting in minor ECU remapping and engine loom fabrication.
Also preferably on a some what tight budget.

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Post by misha »

Use any B5254S(FS) engine with cap & rotor and swap manifolds and sensors from original engine.

All engines are the same except engine managements.
'99 & '00 have coil packs instead of cap & rotor...so they need to be customised.
'97 850 2.5 20v / fully equipped / Motronic 4.4 from the factory / upgraded with S,V,C,XC70 instrument cluster / polar white wagon
History of Volvos in the family:
'71 144 S
'73 144 De Luxe
'78 244 DL
'78 244 DL
'79 244 GLE
'85 340 GLS

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