Well, as the shakedown continues, I have been chasing down various fluid leaks and I FINALLY have it down to only one ...... and I SWEAR to you we checked the rear seal BEFORE we installed the engine and it was dry as a bone ... no sign that it had ever leaked ... we took that as a GOOD sign ..... anyway it was Sunday and the Volvo parts store was closed and anyway they would have had to order one in ...Yadda, Yadda, Yadda ......... and as Ole Reliable is my daily driver I REALLY HAD to be mobile ........ Yadda, Yadda, Yadda ......Anyhooooo looks like in the not to distant future I will be learning how to drop a transmission out of a 122 and install a rear main seal and while I am at it I'll take care of that annoying dribble from the rear of the OD unit.

This engine has been sitting at least a couple of years and although it runs well... geez, really well .... it likes to puff blue between shifts and when decellerating after getting off the highway ... the compression test wasn't bad ... not perfect but a heck of a lot better than the engine we removed .... which BTW DIDN'T smoke. I am of the opinion that this is rings related and probably the rings have been gunked up due to the long layoff and am hoping that they work their way loose with driving and time..... Unless, of course, some of you ladies and gentlemen might have some other suggestions like an "Italian Tune-up"...... or some other witches brew that might do something for the rings .... Any suggestions will be gratefully accepted .....

BTW thre darn thing actually IDLES at 850 rpm .... Geez, I never knew they could DO that ;-)
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Brett Sutherland & the 1.5 million mile 122 Canadian