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It is not my intention to discourage your knoble thoughts, but the Volvo diesel (made by VW) is about the worst thing you could start this type of project with. They are difficult to start in cold weather even WITH all the glowplugs in working order, the rear two plugs take hours to change (as opposed to minutes for the front 4), the injection pumps are crappy but they do feature a nice auto-advance mechanism, that helps power some. The rings are VERY sensative to oil change interval, and quality of oil. It is not at all uncommon to find the compression rings completely stuck in the grooves due to long oil drains and/or low quality oils. You cannot do much of anything to thses without special tools, and many of the service books list inaccurate data and procedures.
With exemplarly maintence I would expect a 2.4L Diesel Volvo engine to "last" about 150,000 to maybe 200,000 miles, and even at that you WILL need to replace/rebuild the injection pump roughly every 100,000 to the tune of $1200!!!
A "normal" VW vahicle with a diesel would be FAR better, but still a distant second to a REAL diesel AKA Mercedes.
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JohnG 1989 245 MT @216,500
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