[DMCForum] Re: Miracle Cures sought for ailing Volvo 760/B280f

["cartermartin" <cartermartin@xxxxxxxxx>]

And all of that is way too much effort to put into a 18year old 
family sedan. So there in lies my delima. It's unlikely that I will 
attempt an  enginge swap. Thinking now with a clearer mind (yeah, 
righ LOL) I won't use any miracle additives either. 

I just wish the blasted thing would have thrown a rod, snapped a 
chain or dropped a valve. Then bid it a fond farewell. My PRV is 
being down right passive-aggressive I think.

Carter

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
> The snag with interchanging different PRVs is in the trigger for 
the 
> ECU. Renault, Volvo, Peugeot and Citroen (Eagles had Renault lumps) 
all 
> went their different ways and all mated the engines to different 
> transmissions - most of which were automatics (at least over here - 
> can't see it being much different stateside!) and as the flywheel 
is an 
> integral part of the transmission and also contains the trigger, 
you're 
> basically buggered unless you're swapping a like-for-like engine or 
can 
> rig up a trigger on the crank pulley. A lot of work, and plenty of 
scope 
> for getting it wrong unless you have all the manuals to hand. If, 
> however, you find your block has a crack in it, and it's a 3 litre 
lump, 
> you can find yourself a "new" block in another PRV of the same 
capacity. 
> You can interchange the bottom end and retain the top end with you 
> LH-jet setup - as long as you can verify the compression, cams and 
> valves are the same (so the ECU map is correct). Or you can swap 
the 
> block and liners off your "donor" engine - but do try and keep 
those 
> bastard liners seated when you pull the old pistons out otherwise 
you'll 
> generate 2 days of work just cleaning everything up to re-seat them.
> 
> Martin
> 
> cartermartin wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, you are probably right the goop is not a good idea and akin 
to
> > snake oil.
> >
> > An eagle engine would be interesting and would physically fit but
> > hooking the existing FI (LH Jettronic and ignition) might be
> > difficult if at all possible.
> >
> > I'm either going to have to do the head or bid farewell to the old
> > beast.
> >
> > It just runs soooo good...
> >
> > Carter

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