V70 diesel maintenance items

[mybrainhurts]

Thinking of using a 2005/2006 model diesel V70 for high mileages.

Are there any rare expensive maintenance items that I'm going to encounter on a regular basis due to the rapid consumption of miles?

[The Riddler]

Think for the 163bhp D5 cambelt is at 96k or 8 years, Other than that the regular service spec is oil and filter/pollen filter. Air filter at 36k intervals, and the diesel fuel filter too, obviously, but i cant remember the intervals for it.

Basic services work on 1year/12k miles, I might be slightly wrong, as its 5years since I left Volvo. Good luck with the purchase and enjoy!

Edited by The Riddler on Saturday 28th February 17:43

[halo34]

Some service intervals are up to 18k (mine is 184 bhp D4)...

I havent come across anything expensive in invoices and mine is 62k now on 06 plate.

Front pads and discs due in next 10k but quoted 270 all in from Volvo, which I dont think is too high.

Probably sell it before then though.

[T5R+]

halo34 said:

Some service intervals are up to 18k (mine is 184 bhp D4)...

Correct - for the Eu IV cars ............

BUT if you are racking up miles my advice is go with late Eu III D5 (163bhp) which in my experience gives an extra ~20% MPG over Eu IV's. Also watch which tyre you use, found that the Pirelli's wear out a lot quicker than some of the alternatives.

[Skodaku]

T5R+ said:

halo34 said:

Some service intervals are up to 18k (mine is 184 bhp D4)...

Correct - for the Eu IV cars ............

BUT if you are racking up miles my advice is go with late Eu III D5 (163bhp) which in my experience gives an extra ~20% MPG over Eu IV's. Also watch which tyre you use, found that the Pirelli's wear out a lot quicker than some of the alternatives.

Yep, the 185bhp D5 in the P2's get serviced at 18k or Annually, (whichever you get to first). Think all the 185 D5's are Euro IV but happy to stand corrected.

Pirelli P6000 tyres are notorious for tramlining but thankfully they wear out PDQ, (as T5R+ says).

[mybrainhurts]

Ta muchly, lads......

Anybody know if it has one of these hideously expensive dual mass clutches..?

And are the injectors expected to fail before 100,000 miles, like Mondeos do......?

Edited by mybrainhurts on Monday 2nd March 18:51

[halo34]

mybrainhurts said:

Ta muchly, lads......

Anybody know if it has one of these hideously expensive dual mass clutches..?

And are the injectors expected to fail before 100,000 miles, like Mondeos do......?

Edited by mybrainhurts on Monday 2nd March 18:51

Mine were replaced @ 54k despite the newer V70s supposedly having this issue fixed, luckily it was a Volvo used car - though it took me weeks to get them to change them all.

Cant comment on the clutch sorry!

[Timberwolf]

I'm pretty sure it's a dual mass flywheel, although that's only 80-90% sure. Watch out for any unexpected juddering or anything that seems like clutch slip.

Injectors as mentioned are a known point of failure on earlier D5s, not sure when up to. I don't know if Volvo are still contributing to repairs or what the cutoff point is now, although at one point they were certainly replacing injectors.

[mybrainhurts]

Thanks...