Hello again. I have owned 11 Volvos. Just purchased 92 960 wagon. I enjoy is car very much but the posts on problems are a real dissappointment and next time
I will do my research befor I buy. I do my own repair and maintence which on previous volvos problems were few and far between - even the v6.

The cylinder head has casting numbers indicating 91 so I expect it to be original. The serial number of the car is 05671, The number on this block
is 15104. It consumes 1 qt of oil every 500 miles or so. Oh I almost forgot to
mention it has 165,000 miles on it.

Does the engine number usuall match the cars serial number?
If the block has been changed, what year is it from?

Thanks all.

Rod

All I can tell you is I never got more than 1500 miles out of quart and I bought it with 16k miles. It is now around where you are, 500-600 miles a quart.


94 964 190k miles
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DanR

Your situation and mine are alike in that we both first bought a Volvo 960, then found out it can a bag of problems and a money pit. I say can be rather than is because some at Brickboard have not had too many problems and are happy with their cars. You are ahead of me in that you have more experience with Volvos and their repair and maintenance. Still, an ALLDATA CD ($20) for the car and model year is a BIG help, not as good as complete library of Volvo factory manuals, but sort of an abridged version plus all TSB. After Tom has his disaster and posted Volvo dealer prices of $4,000 to rebuild a head, $2,200 for pistons plus $1,030 for rings, etc, I did a bit of research and found a source for reputedly very goods remanufactured heads with OEM parts and brand new cams for $1,300, OEM Mahle pistons for $375 with rings, etc. If you can afford such part prices when and if the time comes, then rest easy and enjoy your car while you have it. If you want to trade repair and maintenance experiences, I am game, as I am sure are others at Brickboard. We are learning more about the car as it ages, and perhaps we can lick it. Good luck and enjoy your car with as few worries as possible.

The block number more or less matches the era.

But I don't like the oil consumption.

I see big bills in your future.

Going down for the rest of the day now for major system upgrade. I'll see how the others feel tonight.