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]