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What are common oil leaks on a 1993 240? 200 1993

posted by  RenoHuskerDu on  Fri Sep 15 13:11 CST 2023
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I tried a search in RWD on "oil leak" and only got a hit on a V90. I don't even know what that is. Some new Volvo?

The passenger side of our B230F is suffering a leak of nice clean oil. We just bought the car but it's apparent that it's been leaking for a while because that motor mount was all soft and sagging. We replaced them yesterday and checked the oil pan bolts - none loose or missing.

A visual check -admittedly on a dirty motor so hard to localize - indicates that the leak is coming from up higher than the oil pan and leaking down by the oil filter (I should give that a li'l twist but didn't think of it yesterday).

So I just ordered a valve cover gasket and gently snugged those bolts up. The oil cap also looks like it's helping leak, so I ordered a new one too.

I hear of a flame trap and crankcase vent plumbing that plugs up. Does that cause excessive crankcase pressure? Do we have any writeup on that? We only have the green book for a B21F, not a B230F.






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