The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Valve Adjustement on a B230FD... never done it, should I? 900 1995

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Sun Dec 4 20:07 CST 2011
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue Jun 10 09:52 CST 2014
[RELATED]

1995 8-Valve 940 Wagon B230FD, ~240K miles.

We've owned this car for about 6 years now and put at least 80k on it. I've kept up with the normal maintenance items, brakes, tires, shocks, filters, fuids, full tune-up but in the last few years the engine is starting to feel tired. There's also a bit of vibration in the engine lately.

In the six years and 80k miles we've owned and driven the car, I've *never* checked or adjusted the valves on this engine. The recent vibration reminds me of a pushrod B18 or B20 needing valve adjustment. So, obviously I wonder if I need to do an adjustment.

I've never done this on a B230. it looks like actually shimming the valves requires removing the timing belt... which will be difficult considering how badly the IPD tool crank holding failed me.

How does a valve adjustment affect the B230? I assume the vibrations stop, does it help at all with power?

I expect that the engine may need some rings, which could lead to a full rebuild, but don't have time or a spare car to undertake such work right now.
The weather turned cold again, and it's probably going to stay that way now...

Any thoughts?






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.