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I think parts of the head are actually glued together. IMO -- I'd just find a good, lower-mileage motor, there should be piles of 'em around. (In fact, the entire engine can't be as bad as the head gasket. I've done an engine before albeit not on a FWD Volvo. If I actually had time I might try it. But I think I'd shoot myself before trying to do a head gasket on one of these.) At 209k you don't know what shape the bottom end is in and I'd guess it's not as good as it was well, as it was 209k ago. What's the point of doing the head gasket if the bottom end is going to go in another 20k miles?
Try Erie Vovo
-BTC
'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 168k mi, velour cloth seats, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, XC grill, Lidatek LE30, V-1, Mobil-1 since new
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." -- Douglas Noel Adams (1952-2001)
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