What have I done? (Impulse shed buying content)

[VolvoT5]

Great cars.... bit thirsty but sound great... I always had the saloons but I felt they handled well considering they are huge 7 heavy.

Probably use a bit of oil and bit a bit rough round the edges at the mileage but for £590 who cares...

[B'stard Child]

AB Car Pix said:

I just updated the Retro Rides thread there with an end to the story, so everyone feel free to have a nosey, and join up there too!
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=re...

And I want the wing back if you're going to normalise it!

I was going to PM you on RR and stick a link to here but it seems you've already found it

[firman]

Epic buy for £590 and great that it has such a documented history. Makes me get the sell the BMW shed and look for something new bug.

[edpurnell]

I did just this 3 months ago, bought unseen off ebay...2.3 FPT Saab 9000 anniversary. The apc was not working so it was running base boost. Bypassed it with a manual boost controller £20 with pipes and now runs sweet. Mot and tax until Dec. £320. If it goes bang I can weight it in and sell some bits. Oh its fairly quick mid range too.;-)
FSH too.

[cptsideways]

Epic barganage, always a win if its as described, seller appeared to be an honest one so I bet you wont go too far wrong. Cheap fast motoring that is.


I await to be proven wrong

[LiamM45]

Well bangernomics has let me down today...

Got the car - for less than £590 - due to a little error on the sellers behalf, but he was a top bloke and we came to a good agreement. Car was bar one thing (the amount of tax) exactly as described and the seller was big into cars so obviously talked the usual stuff when chatting to a fellow petrolhead.

So the car? Well it's a little rough around the edges, but it's a cheap and nearly 20 year old Volvo, it's to be expected. Gave it a little boosty boosty on the the sliproad up onto the M80 after collection and it was a tad hesitant. No problem I thought, it seems like it had been stood a while so I thought nothing some plugs and leads couldn't solve.

Problem got bigger. Started hearing a noise very much akin to a boost leak (high pitched squeal) but it seemed to boost okay if that makes sense. Gave it a bit of stick on the road into Redcar, about 2 miles from home, aaaaaaannd no boost. Feck. No smoke, no drama, no noise and no boost.

Took it to a mates unit to try and diagnose but with very little joy... the lower intercooler hose looks a little crusty but nothing obviously wrong, damaged or leaking. We were tired and none of us know this engine at all so it definitely needs and experienced eye on it. Worst case scenario seems to be the turbo going pop, think it may have took a few blades off the impellor, a used TD04 is about £80-100 + fitting.

If there are any people good with Volvos in the North East area who wouldn't mind casting their eye over it for some beer money, I'd love to hear from you!!

[LiamM45]

AB Car Pix said:

This was mine for a while, and I did all sorts with it over 2011.
So yes the crash, the 'Ring, the stickerbombing, being a support vehicle for my season in the British Drift Championship, and even it featuring in a national advertising campaign were all in my time!
Sure it'll be just fine. I spent thousands on running it, and did my usual of having everything fixed that ever seemed even slightly wrong. It will have its flaws, but its still a great car I'm sure. It doesn't look like its done much since I owned it to be either. Well it can't have, as it still has the same front tyres on!

I just updated the Retro Rides thread there with an end to the story, so everyone feel free to have a nosey, and join up there too!
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=re...

And I want the wing back if you're going to normalise it!

Edited by AB Car Pix on Tuesday 9th October 11:23

Edited by AB Car Pix on Tuesday 9th October 16:27

Hello mate nice to hear from you, see post above for the eventful drive home

Drop me an email and I can see about getting the wing back to you once I get the one I have bought painted and on the car

[AB Car Pix]

I had managed to burst a couple of boost hoses on the car when I had it, both replaced with new OE ones.
The intercooler and turbo were two parts that were never touched though....
It did have a full pressurised boost leak check twice, and everything was always sorted. Although even worst case scenario on these boost wise is never going to be pricey at least!

This is kind of weird, I feel like I've just sold a car, yet I have no bulging wallet of readies..... lol
Any questions, fire away..... but I'm sure you'll have fun with it. I sure did!

I'll PM you about the wing too

[crosseyedlion]

If you thought that was scary....I last weekend I was bored watching Xfactor, ended up bidding and winning a 1997 bmw 750IL v12 in less than perfect condition, unseen. Picked it up yesterday, had to walk through some less than ideal area of birmingham with £1600 cash in my pocket. Turns out the thing won't take much to make it a minter

[McSam]

B'stard Child said:

My Search skills are better than I thought

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=re...

It's had an interesting life

Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 8th October 23:40

Absolutely awesome! I would love to find a car of mine had such a history, that's brilliant.

To the OP - well done, enjoy you actually cannot go wrong at this money.



Also, maximum PH points to crosseyedlion, quality barging

[LiamM45]

AB Car Pix said:

I had managed to burst a couple of boost hoses on the car when I had it, both replaced with new OE ones.
The intercooler and turbo were two parts that were never touched though....
It did have a full pressurised boost leak check twice, and everything was always sorted. Although even worst case scenario on these boost wise is never going to be pricey at least!

This is kind of weird, I feel like I've just sold a car, yet I have no bulging wallet of readies..... lol
Any questions, fire away..... but I'm sure you'll have fun with it. I sure did!

I'll PM you about the wing too

The lower intercooler pipe looks a little crusty, that may be the first job. Or I find a Volvo specialist local and spend a few £££ getting a definitive answer. Are daft boost pipes on these cheap then?

With the mileage it has and it's certainly been used as a T5 should, I wouldn't be too aggrieved if the turbo has gone, it's still a cheap car.

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Sorry OP, not sure what your particular problem is, but check out the following Volvo forums - a great source of information and the members are very helpful:

www.volvoforums.org.uk

www.forums.t5d5.org

www.vpcuk.org

[Motorrad]

Good luck OP, it would be nice to see this car back in rude health for minimal cost.......

[AB Car Pix]

LiamM45 said:

The lower intercooler pipe looks a little crusty, that may be the first job. Or I find a Volvo specialist local and spend a few £££ getting a definitive answer. Are daft boost pipes on these cheap then?

With the mileage it has and it's certainly been used as a T5 should, I wouldn't be too aggrieved if the turbo has gone, it's still a cheap car.

The hoses I replaced were never that expensive.
VPCUK is a very good forum for info and spares. Most people on there run there cars both tuned and on a shoestring!

[LiamM45]

Sorry to bump the thread again but the problem has been found. The turbo seems to have expired... there's a little play in the shaft but when it moves it catches the housing and sticks.

Second problem is we have a bit of a rattle that is possibly big end bearings.

Now the car ended up costing me a bit less than £590 due to an error in ad over the tax, so I'm thinking get a 2nd hand engine and turbo, which it seems I can pick up for less than £300 from a quick scour of ebay, sell off ancillaries I don't need to make some money back, stick a timing belt on the engine while it's out and I could still have a nice T5 for less than a grand? I can do the engine swap between friends for a few beers that's not a problem!

Or whack a turbo on and see low long the bottom end lasts?

One thing is for sure I'm not breaking it for spares! This car still has many miles left in it, even if the engine is feeling a little worn out! Or maybe I'm just completely stupid and the 5 cylinder turbo bug and dreams of mid 90's touring cars are going to my head...

[Ecurie Ecosse]

That's a pity, but sounds like you are on the road to recovery,

When replacing the turbo go for a 16T (from later cars) rather than the 15G as it can run more boost.

[4key]

Well, if you have to buy a turbo and an engine anyways you might aswell get the turbo first and run it whilst you source a decent engine.. or how much are forged rods and pistons? Might be able to rebuild the bottom end to a better spec for not much more than chancing a 2nd hand engine

[AB Car Pix]

Shame the turbo went, but that was probably the original one, and don't last forever! They're not expensive either.
I'd get a good 19T on it and see how the engine actually is instead of just guessing that its knackered....

[LiamM45]

AB Car Pix said:

Shame the turbo went, but that was probably the original one, and don't last forever! They're not expensive either.
I'd get a good 19T on it and see how the engine actually is instead of just guessing that its knackered....

Exactly, that's what I thought, 170k miles on the original turbo which i guess had some stick in it's life is no big deal to break now. I've had friends with VAG diesels that go through turbos every few months!

I agree with the engine, it's just a little tappy. Maybe fresh oil and filter will fix that. No big deal, I've had worse

Will upgrading to the 19T be fine with the Rica map that's on it? Or will it need further tuning? It's the turbo off the S70/V70R if I am thinking right?

[herecomestrouble]

Just read this.

`I've never bought a car unseen and on ebay... I've just insured it (surprisingly cheaply) and I go and pick it up tomorrow.`

Do you want to alter that sentence in any way son.