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HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be dave on Sat Mar 17 10:41 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hi,

I looked at a 1996 850 turbo today with 65K miles. Price is $13K. The car ran great except I crawled under and found fresh engine oil on the bottom of the engine. I am NOT a Volvo expert so I do not know what problems these cars generally have. The oil is also around the front of the head - maybe coming from the intake gasket. Any ideas what this could be? Is the price fair? How long do the turbos generally last? Your feedback is appreciated.

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Re: HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be Mrsha on Wed Mar 21 08:50 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Tell the seller to fix it..... or taking $800 that what it will cost to fix the rear main seal.....

But than it could be the turbo line return O-ring in that case it cost nothing..........you can fix it yourself.......

Safe bet I will take it to the shop paid... $60 have the car fully inspcect and look at......

If it is your rearmain seal the leak will get worse....

Good luck......

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Re: HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be speed on Wed Mar 21 05:38 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I just took my '94 850 (non-turbo) in for an oil leak. Response was that it was the engine rear main oil seal where the transmission connects. It involves pulling the transmission. Estimate was 2 days labor plus a $20 part, therefore $700-800. Beware.

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Re: HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be dave on Sun Mar 18 12:47 CST 2001 [RELATED]

anyone else have opinions on what usually leaks oils in a 1996?

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Re: HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be PJM on Wed Mar 21 15:42 CST 2001 [RELATED]

When I bought my 95T a year ago it had a similar leak around valve cover which seemed to just be the oil fill cap gasket, which I adjusted to make tighter. That seemed to clear up top of engine oil.

I then had a little oil dripping from turbo compressor housing (couple drops on garage every day). For this I just removed inlet duct to compressor and cleaned very well and tried to get a tighter fit on the turbo when I re-attached. Since so many people mentioned it and it was cheap I also replaced the seals on the turbo oil return line because I wasn't positive that some of the oil wasn't soming from there. After doing these two things it dosen't seem to drip at all as far as I can tell. The oil level also never goes down. I use 5w30 Mobil 1.

just my fun with oil drips... Good luck

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Re: HELP! Slight Oil Leak. 850 1996

posted by someone claiming to be Igg on Sat Mar 17 11:11 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I just bought a 98 V70 T5 myself and noticed an slight oil leak coming from the turbo unit. It lloks like a drop of oil is hanging down there and is soiled. Volvo tech said its normal with volvo turbos. So far I had no problems. It is called sippage.

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