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blown head gasket? 850 1997

posted by  veediot on  Thu Feb 24 17:41 CST 2005
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I was running errands on Tuesday and was driving my car for about 2-3 hours with only stopping for 15-20 minutes 3 times at a store. When I arrived at my final destination I noticed a little bit of smoke coming from the hood. I opened up the hood and there was a oil burning from the turbo area of the engine and nowhere else. I bought a drain pipe gasket from IPD, but I'm also going to check the turbo.

So the head gaskets don't really fail? That is great news to hear. As for now I think I'm going to replace the drain pipe gasket and the resevoir and check to see if I'm losing anymore coolant/oil. If I still am then it's off to my local Volvo garage.

Thanks for all the help.

andy





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