Just put a deposit on a S60 D5
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Just put a deposit on a S60 D5 se auto 2005. I believe this is the 163bhp engine?
73k in silver, has phone, sat nav etc.
The garage is currently carrying out a cambelt change, waterpump and the aux belts.
Is there anything else during major service i should change/ inspect, i was thinking maybe the gearbox oil as i believe this pro-longs the life of the gearbox?
Regards
73k in silver, has phone, sat nav etc.
The garage is currently carrying out a cambelt change, waterpump and the aux belts.
Is there anything else during major service i should change/ inspect, i was thinking maybe the gearbox oil as i believe this pro-longs the life of the gearbox?
Regards
Similarly to the OP, I was clever enough to buy a 2005 S60 D5 a few weeks ago.
I attended to the service items the OP mentions, but I never thought about cleaning out the EGR system.
The car is 10 years old and was previously owned by one elderly gent who I doubt gave the diesel engine much welly during her 58,000 miles.
Do the EGR valves clog up on these Volvos easily? My previous Vauxhall Vectra shat two EGR valves in the space of 15,000 miles.
Is the EGR mixer pipe easy to gain access to if I want to give it a good clean out with carb cleaner or similar?
Am I best off blanking the blasted thing altogether? (Would this result in the ECU showing a fault code?)
I attended to the service items the OP mentions, but I never thought about cleaning out the EGR system.
The car is 10 years old and was previously owned by one elderly gent who I doubt gave the diesel engine much welly during her 58,000 miles.
Do the EGR valves clog up on these Volvos easily? My previous Vauxhall Vectra shat two EGR valves in the space of 15,000 miles.
Is the EGR mixer pipe easy to gain access to if I want to give it a good clean out with carb cleaner or similar?
Am I best off blanking the blasted thing altogether? (Would this result in the ECU showing a fault code?)
mcgandalf said:
That's my weekend sorted!
As the OP mentioned - would you recommend a gearbox oil change? And is this a feasible DIY job?
The EGR Mixer pipes are really easy on the Euro 3 engine, apparently tougher on the Euro 4.As the OP mentioned - would you recommend a gearbox oil change? And is this a feasible DIY job?
On my Euro 3 it took around 10 mins to dissasemble (and 10 mins to reassemble), but in the middle I spent an hour cleaning the bits I'd taken off! Have a set of latex gloves on, plus two sacrificial rolls of kitchen roll handy, plus stuff to scrape away at the gunk. I didn't use anything like petrol or carb cleaner but I'll bet it would have helped me!
As for the automatic gearbox oil: yes it's arguably as easy as changing the engine oil. There are many threads which will explain in greater detail but essentially you jack the car up, undo the drain bolt, allow the gearbox to empty (~3.5ltr of oil) and pour the same amount back in via the gearbox dipstick. Repeat this three times, separated by at least 100 miles of driving each time, as the total capacity of gearbox and torque converter is closer to 7 litres. Far easier to do three drain and fills than to flush or similar.
Both jobs come recommended, and both are (in my opinion) far easier when it comes down to it than they sound when you read the job title - "automatic gearbox? EGR valve?! Those are bound to be really complicated and difficult to do right without special tools", but they're actually very easy.
Brilliant - really useful. Thanks both.
Worst case scenario...the EGR valve on my Vectra used to (twice) seize up at 70mph on the A34, causing the engine to go into limp mode before cutting out seconds later. Just what you want with no hard shoulder. The cars are notorious for it.
If left non-degunked, do the EGR valves on these Volvo D5s have a solid track record of seizing up and leaving you stranded?
Worst case scenario...the EGR valve on my Vectra used to (twice) seize up at 70mph on the A34, causing the engine to go into limp mode before cutting out seconds later. Just what you want with no hard shoulder. The cars are notorious for it.
If left non-degunked, do the EGR valves on these Volvo D5s have a solid track record of seizing up and leaving you stranded?
kapiteinlangzaam said:
The EGR mixer pipe is very easy to access.
If its never been done you will be horrified when you open it up.
Guides are available on the volvo UK forums.... its a messy but easy job.
I wouldnt be surprised if your mixer is >75% clogged.
Sorry to be thick/lazy - but which guide were you pointing to on volvoforums.org.uk?If its never been done you will be horrified when you open it up.
Guides are available on the volvo UK forums.... its a messy but easy job.
I wouldnt be surprised if your mixer is >75% clogged.
I'm lost in a large pile of txtspk - there's a decent looking how-to video on YouTube, but it's in Polish and I do wonder if it really is worth my while pushing fuzzy screengrabs through OCR then Google Translate.
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=127...
This looks useful, but appears to be for an S40 1.9l diesel and not an S60 D5 EuroIII.
This looks useful, but appears to be for an S40 1.9l diesel and not an S60 D5 EuroIII.
mcgandalf said:
If left non-degunked, do the EGR valves on these Volvo D5s have a solid track record of seizing up and leaving you stranded?
Not sure: Mine was quite gunky and I didn't think "this is running rough".But then it was far improved after the clean out. I did it last summer, so I might well take it apart again when it's a little warmer to see how things go. But it really isn't such a tough job to do, therefore best to just go ahead and clean it rather than wait for it to rear its ugly head!
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