Hello All,

Thanks in advance for your help with this...I'm pretty much grasping for straws at this point.

Purchased a 1994 940 Wagon recently - B230FD - with 156,000 miles - and noticed oil leaking from behind timing belt cover. Figured it was clogged flame trap, so when I had timing belt replaced at a local indie Volvo shop, I had mechanic replace the front seals and perform flame trap service.

Shortly thereafter I noticed oil leaking from behind timing belt cover again, so I brought car to a second indie Volvo shop figuring first guy screwed something up. Second shop replaced front seals again, cleaned flame trap again, and advised that first guy installed sub-standard seals which he advised was the cause of the leak. When I asked if the leaking seals might have been caused by some source of excessive crankcase pressure other than the flame trap (like maybe breather box) he said no and reiterated that it was from the first shops lousy seals.

So, I headed home last night from 2nd shop confident that I'd have a (relatively) leak-free car.

This morning I checked under the hood and lo and behold, it's leaking again - only maybe worse this time.

I pulled the engine oil dipstick to see if I could determine whether I possibly have bad rings (read that if I did, i'd have oil spraying out) but no spray. Also have never seen any smoke from tailpipe at any time - so haven't thought that I had any ring-type issues. Engine runs smooth and pulls strong.

So what do you guys think? Do I have an un-fixable lemon on my hands, or is this something that I can realistically get under control?

You folks are the best, BTW - I've been able to fix so many little things on this car and on a previous 1993 940 as well.

Hoping for a miracle from the generous Brickboard gods :-)