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Headgasket trouble? 900 1997

posted by  Dave Stevens on  Wed Apr 6 22:58 CST 2022
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Like Spook says, once the head is off, have it properly checked out by a machine shop (magnafluxed) just to be safe and the head surfaces do need to be properly clean. In addition, you will normally need to use new head bolts unless you can verify they haven't been stretched (which means having an identical new bolt for comparison). A Volvo shop will quickly be able to confirm the problem. Unless you're intent on doing it yourself, do consider having the shop do the work. Yeah, it’ll be a few bucks more, but they’ve likely done it many times before so will quickly know if there are any surprises and will be able to complete the job in short order using quality parts. As much as I enjoy a challenge, that's the kind if work I “farm out” when my time is limited and I should be doing more important things,
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now






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