Re: History of PRV
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Re: History of PRV



See:

http://members.fortunecity.com/perttim/therenault30file/id20.html

Douvrin produced nearly 1 million PRV's. Production spanned quarter
century. Engine definitely has quirks and honest to goodness
weaknesses, but reputation undeserved. See related discussions in:

http://www.swedishbricks.com
http://www.brickboard.com

My DeLorean burns a Renault PRV BTW (European equivalent of B27 in
your Volvo). Original owner melted factory block.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rbrogren@xxxx wrote:
> 
> I had a Volvo with the PRV engine back in the late 70's and if I
remember 
> right it had close to 150,000 miles on it (including replacement of
the camshafts 
> twice) before I got rid of it. I was stopped once in my -87 Volvo
(probaly in 
> 1991or so) by a friendly "Smokie" in Montana who told me had had a
Volvo/PRV 
> since new and it had 800,000 miles, including several rebuilds by
himself, 
> before he junked it because the body and frame had completely rusted
out beyond 
> repair. Must have been a glutton for punishment, or maybe he had
been smoking 
> something funny? 
> 
> Does anybody know the design history of the PRV? 
> 
> Roger
> VIN 1074
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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