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How big a job?
A *massive* friggen job!!!
The 240's a pain in the ass to work on. Well, the turbos, anyway. I've never worked on a car where simple tasks like oil and air filter changes were like pulling teeth, as they are on a 240 turbo.
There seems to be a lot of space in the engine compartment and the motor's only 2.1 liters, so why the hell did Volvo cluster components and hoses so tightly together?
In my view, it's bad engineering.
Unless you're *extremely* proficient and experienced in auto care and also own a ton of tools, you're better off paying somebody else to do it.
People here, while nice and helpful, make certain things out to be fairly easily accomplishable.
Maybe they're all mechanics, which is why they find it all easy. I don't know.
One thing's for sure. You'd better plan on the job taking 3 to 4 times longer then what anybody says it will take not to mention having to jump into another car in order to run to the parts store or dealer either for parts or tools that you suddenly find you need although there's no mention of them in any of the manuals for the job at hand.
Better to pay somebody and to save yourself the headache of trying to do it yourself.
And if you don't believe me, find a 240 turbo and then do your own oil change and put in a new air filter.
I will almost guarantee you that you'll say "screw this" and vow to pay somebody the next time.
I've done work on Audis, VWs, Hyundais, Nissans, Saturns, and Volvos.
Volvos are by far the most difficult cars to work on.
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