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At 430,000 with dead cylinder: Rebuild or replace with a used motor (or a remanufactured one?) 850 1996

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Tue Dec 21 14:38 CST 2021
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Hugh - Check your car carefully for body rot.

Even if uou have to pay a small amount to have the car put on a lift. A body shop might be best.

I drove a 1996 855R for 11 years and loved that car every minute. It was 14 years old when we traded it in for a used XC 70 at a Lincoln dealer. When I talked to the used car supervisor, he told me that it was going to the auction - I told him to take it for a ride and boot it when entering a highway. That car would pull strongly from 40 to 140 MPH!

They had it on their lot for a month and then a guy from Nantucket Island called me and told me he had my car. Ha, Ha, a Volvo 855R on an island with a maximum 30 MPH speed limit!

I traded the car because it had serious rot in the front of the right rear wheel well, there was actually a 2-inch hole in the door frame.

Good luck with your quest.






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