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So today I became, officially, the proud owner of a Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon. It's from 1997 (same date of birth as my wife, only 10 years younger), with a B230FK, M90 tranny and it has almost 500000km! It's a one owner car with all maintenance made at the Volvo dealership (proven by paperwork) including an engine rebuild in 2019 that cost almost 3k euros.
Drives great, sounds great and breaks great. Not sure if the turbo is 100%. I don't hear it kicking in. Also a minor issue with the ac. No leaks. No rust. Only a few scratches a 1 piece of trim missing. Photos: https://imgur.com/a/fKXq6Gf
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Hi,
You mentioned "Not sure if the turbo is 100%"
Yours must be a low pressure turbo (LPT) version. Engine type B230FK. There is no turbo gauge on the dashboard. No worries. Its still a fast car!
Amarin.
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I want to install a gauge and later a MBC.
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Hi again everyone,
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Thanks Amarin for the explanation on the differences of the turbos and engine designations!
The K engine sounds like a more mild mannered and user friendly setup to me.
If I had to accept a turbo function, on a USED car, it would be a better way to go and with that engine, the other drive train components wouldn't get so hammered!
I trust "stock" engineering to work in achieving better compromises for consumers in general.
Having more power than you really need, of which is almost all the time, just leads to abuse with the poor fuel economy you mentioned.
Times are changing with the Gasoline not going to get any cheaper. A pressure gauge for the eyes or just to "feel your toes" climbing up on the accelerator pedal to get brain endorphins!
Ok now, I don't know what a MBC is or means?
Maybe, Motivation Beyond Costs? (:-) some call that racing!
Phil
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Is there any need for such a device on a low pressure turbo?
Do they even have a wastegate?
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Hi there, Guess you steered away from the Sedan with the water leak?
I saw the question about a turbo. I’m ignorant about them too.
I didn’t see a boost gauge anywhere on the dash.
Do turbos necessarily need one of those?
I hope it was a good rebuilder that did the work, because in America, that would be a scary proposition to contemplate of what started that to be needed.
Paperwork receipts are always a good thing to follow for chronological confirmation to separate truth from vague statements!
Just needs a good sponge bath in the engine bay to make it a little more spiffy in there!
The dust says that it hasn’t been touch in quite awhile except to check the oil?
The hoods of a car kept things out of sight and out of minds!
I agree that it has 493,000Km on the speedometer so that’s just a pinch over 300,000 miles so it still has lots of life for several more years!
This Car does look to be a jewel and for sure has been lots of car value for the money in the past and in the future! If that’s the owner he looks fit and trimmed for that photograph too! A happy pair!
Looks like the PO found a deserving home for this car!
All on us the BB feel Happy for you and always envious of wagons from time to time!
Phil
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Thx For the words.
Like it has been said, it's an FK. Doesn't have a gauge. Need to install one.
About the engine rebuild. It got all gaskets, piston rings, and work on the head. Might have been from overheating since the radiator and thermostat were also replaced, but that's it. No other internal components were changed. Honestly i believe this car was exceptionally well taken care off and probably it overheated at some point so they brought it in and they sold them the "since we are changing the head gasket we might as well do the...". This cars' maintenance sheet is full of examples of things the car probably didn't need and that makes me think the owner just didn't care about cost and paid whatever to have the car running. Who else would pay 3k for engine work to sell the car for 2k 3 years later? Also pay a stupid amount of money at the dealership to mount a original Volvo bycicle rack and just offer it with the car? Etc. I might be wrong, and the car might be a ticking time bomb. But if i thought I was wrong, I wouldn't have bought the car.
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Volvo 940T don't have turbo gauges after 1993 model year, HP or LP.
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Hey Phil!
"I saw the question about a turbo. I’m ignorant about them too.
I didn’t see a boost gauge anywhere on the dash.
Do turbos necessarily need one of those?"
I think its a low pressure turbo version. Engine B230FK not FT. Mainly for European and Asian market. Yes I've driven it before. Still overtakes quicker than NA version with good fuel economy.
Regards,
Amarin.
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As for "hearing the turbo kick in". You don't really hear the turbo--watch the boost gauge - it either makes pressure--or it doesn't. - Dave
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It is a lot, doesn't have a gauge. I need to install one first.
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Congratulations Salvador,
I just got my 1993 940 Turbo wagon on July 6th!
Your's looks terrific, Good luck with it.
Bill
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Congrats bill! How many miles/km?
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Hi Salvador,
My 940 just rolled over to 212,000 miles.
It's almost broken in.
I'm near Boston, Mass. USA.
Are those skis on the roof?
Where are you? Argentina maybe?
Cheers, Bill
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The license plate may give some clues: it's Spanish (E = España) and since the car is from the time period 1975 - 2000, the B means it was registered in the province of Barcelona.
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Sherlock is right! :)
Are you Spanish? I'm not. I live here, but I am Portuguese.
No, those are bars to carry bycicles.guy forgot to give me the keys so now i can't take them off until Monday or Tuesday when he send them.
Gonna try to sell it. They are Volvo original, must be worth something.
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No I'm Dutch, but they info on the Spanish license plate system was easily found on the interweb. Besides, because we have lots of migrant workers, Spanish and Portuguese plates are nothing out of the ordinary to see on the roads over here.
Rotterdam is one of the largest ports in the world, so trucks from all over Europe and beyond travel across the country. Even Russian trucks aren't exactly a rarity anymore. I did see an Iranian truck a few weeks ago, that IS rare.
Which had me wonder about the USA: how often do you see cars from the other side of the country in your neighbourhood?
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I live in a northeast USA city with a Navy base, so there's lots of out-of-state plates about. Lots of cars/trucks registered in Tennessee, the Carolina's, Texas, and other "flyover" states. They're often lifted pickup trucks with big tires, the sailors like to spend their re-signing bonus on such things.
When I lived in Baja California (Mexico) there were lots of California plates, mostly on "chocolate" cars, unregistered or illegally imported vehicles. Oddly, there were also a lot of South Dakota plates there too. Expat US citizens living in Mexico often register their cars because it's the one state that doesn't require residency to register/license your car there.
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XC60 / Odyssey
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I live in Massachusetts. We do occasionally see West Coast license plates. California, Oregon, Washington and some other Western states. For some odd reason, Texas plates seem pretty common here, especially in Boston. California and Texas are definitely the most common. Probably due to the large populations of both states. Also there are a lot of technology companies in all three states so perhaps some of these people are here due to job transfers??
Canadian plates are pretty common too. Especially Eastern Canada. Although lately there have been very few Canadians. Canada closed its border to non-essential travel in both directions during the Pandemic. Scheduled to reopen August 8th.
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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....
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Just remembered something. Seeing the Iranian plate was extremely rare, but so are American plates over here if they're not on US military vehicles.
A couple of years ago, I overtook a what at first looked rather like an American market van. The rear doors looked like they could have been from a Ford Econoline. However, when I was in front of it, the nose was clearly a Transit. But the thing even more striking were the Californian license plates on that Transit.
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Transit vans are sold in the US now.
BTW - Californians are famous for being big “Road Trippers”…:)
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Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....
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In Portugal we see lots of plates from another country. Never seen an iranian either. That's random.
Btw, I've seen so many nice 200, 700 and 900 series cars for sale in the netherlands on scout24. Are they quite common there? Here in spain the wagons are rare and in Portugal non-existent. Italy also has many at nice prices.
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Yes, those models seem to be relatively popular over here.
Our version of the Department of Transport lets you search their database of registered cars. Currently there are still about 5000 Volvos from the 200-series registered. In 2018, that number was 7250.
The same search on the 940 shows more than 4300 left, of which only 53 are the turbo model.
Even though those numbers may seem healty, the total amount of registered vehicles in this country is almost 9.3 million.
And yes, the estate (wagon) seems the most common and the most sought after, its bodyshape is the most practical and it didn't go out of fashion. Although in those days, having an estate meant having a workhorse, not a luxury car. Oh how perception changes over time...
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OH my... I would love to see those numbers in relation to spain and portugal!
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Looks very good Salvador. If you take care of it, it should last for many years, if not for ever!
Ian F
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