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TopDollar69
02-11-2007, 12:20 AM
I just found this for sale online locally. The car has 189k miles. I havent seen it smoke, or heard it run, but the price might be right. So Im wondering if there are any Volvo experts out there that might have some input as to what might be causing the car to smoke. Thanks.

turboaddict
02-19-2007, 04:41 AM
first thing is turbo . no volvo was ever properly cooled down.

1qk4dr
02-19-2007, 10:37 AM
Do you know what color the smoke is??? I know when my volvo goes into default mode it run extremely rich causing excessive amount of gas to be burnt resulting in black smoke. So the motor was ok in this situation. If it is anything else then the car has some type of an internal mechanical problem. Turbo, Head gasket, Bad rings, etc. My bet would be on the turbo though.

TopDollar69
02-19-2007, 09:10 PM
Thanks for the responses, however I got busy and missed the auction the car was on. Oh well, all I need is another project car.