Uh oh…owner of this 2008 Volvo S60 Turbo says it started to run really BAD.
This Volvo has gone 50k HARD miles since it swallowed it’s PCV valve and damaged cylinder 1 two years ago.
Finally, the exhaust valve on cylinder 1 burned completely through and the car is no longer driveable.
Nothing left to do but tear off the cylinder head and replace the busted valves!
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Enjoy!
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Never fails to service cars with the gas tank close to empty…
Just a note on the design. Apparently Volvo took that into account, but I'm rather surprised that a high-output, turbocharged engine like that would only have four head bolts surrounding each cylinder, as opposed to five.
I love those 5 cylinder engines! I had one in a 06 XC70 from 125K to almost 200K. During this time I was the only person to work on the car, it never went to a mechanic for anything. I did the PCV system, a rather difficult job. I also did cam seals to stop a large leak, at first with no success. Those seals ride on the lip of the VVT pulleys, my exhaust pulley had excessive in and out play and was moving the sealing surface beyond the seal. I do recommend doing those seals and checking the pulleys for end play. As I am watching this, I feel like I am back under the hood of my XC. Those cams have no key, if you pull the complete VVT pulleys off it requires an alignment tool. Nice work getting that valve cover off!
Just replace the knock sensor, it’ll be good as new
I'd also look at the bore of that cylinder just to make sure it's not badly pitted by the foreign object, but if the oil consumption is acceptable I don't think it's serious.
Personally I'm not a fan of open deck blocks, but maybe that's because it's a common culprit for the Subaru headgasket issues.
I would've rebuilt the cylinder head. Why not? Obviously the owner likes the car, why not do it right, instead of just doing it "cheap"?
Claw hammer saves the day!
That’s an impressive hole in the valve. Not a big fan of Volvo, troublesome to get some parts for them. I really like that borascope, I’m going to upgrade mine, I like the side view camera a lot.
Love the sound of the crack of a head bolt as it is loosened.
1" puddy knife helps
That valve cover scared the crap out of me!
The only comment I would like to give (maybe said before) I was taught that if you are re-using the head bolts is to have a piece of cardboard & mark the front & place the bolts in order that they were in when taken out (1through to5/6 front to back as they should be replaced in order of extraction .Obivisouly if they are being replaced this does not matter.Many vehicles specifiy that new ones must be used. Cheers again a good video.Looking foward to the rebuild.
Does anyone know what alternate reality a dropped screw or bolt goes to? It sure will never be found where you saw it fall!
Bad move to skimp on parts when you go this far into an engine. I don't ever see you check valve guide wear, stem seals, spring tension, etc. Need to remove all the valves, dress the seats with power tools, completely clean the ports and valves that you choose to recondition. Then the PCV system needs a good service to assure that it will run 50 k more miles at least before all the intakes gunk up with carbon again. Just a lazy hack repair that is common everywhere. The price will seem attractive to uneducated customers till it fails again .