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Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

posted by  67122 on  Sat May 16 00:04 CST 2009
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So there's an S80 about 15 miles from me.
The thing is; it needs a lot of work.
The common things, sunroof doesn't work, a window is stuck, oil leak (I'm scared about this one)
But it has another problem, if you take your foot of the gas, the RPM will go down past 1000. He says Volvo told him it's a few cylinders not working (coils???)
Overall, he wants $1200, but accepts offers. I don't mind doing this work myself, if I get the car, I'm in no rush to drive it.
What do you think?
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    Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

    posted by  Forsyth on  Sat May 30 18:52 CST 2009
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    I am not a mechanic, but we have a 2000 S80 t6 and the idle has always been around 650rpms and coasting down hills etc... it is not much higher than that at lower speeds... of course on the higher it's much higher.
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    Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

    posted by  tina on  Sat May 16 15:56 CST 2009
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    If by cylinders they mean it is a valve problem, you'll have to have the engine rebuilt. Oil leaks can be very expensive/difficult to fix, too. Unless you want to rebuild an engine and the rest of the car is in excellent condition, I would say this is too much to pay.








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      Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

      posted by  67122 on  Sun May 17 04:26 CST 2009
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      He has had the few cylinder problems fixed.
      But now the RPMs go down when you take your foot off.
      Trans related?
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      Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

      posted by  67122 on  Sun May 17 01:17 CST 2009
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      "RPM's tend to drop when you take your foot off the gas"
      that's the symptom, does that sound like a valve problem?
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        Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

        posted by  KlausC on  Sun May 17 13:40 CST 2009
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        Usually a dirty idle air control or throttle body.

        The sunroof doesn't work? There is a "module"/computer that runs the SR and a few other things, replacing that costs a lot of money.

        Have a good mechanic check out the car, your cost at a dealer = $100 and might be a tie breaker. Just remember, the dealers list EVERYTHING that could be wrong, not things that must be fixed.

        Klaus
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        Interested in a 2001 S80 S80 2001

        posted by  tina on  Sun May 17 06:40 CST 2009
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        I am probably one of the least experienced/qualified people here so I'll let someone who knows more answer that!

        We did have a valve blow on our 850 wagon (after 365k miles) but the rough running and lack of power was pretty obvious.







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