I've spoken to another main dealership and they were most surprised too.
They said it has to be a new engine at the main dealer at faults expense.
Four of four engine rebuilders said new engine and associated parts.
One independent insurance assessor said new engine at dealers expense.
One independent engineer/assessor said find a used engine and ask the dealer to fit it!
The Dealer Principal is back from his holidays today and although he said he has no technical knowledge he thought it'll be fine once it has been road tested.
Or perhaps they could fit a used engine.
He kindly offered to arrange an independent engineers report.
We are still without a towcar and have a big road trip planned.
Although 10 years old the car has never missed a beat, we even had the belts done a year early 'just in case' and the transmission service done 12 months ago.
I know that the engine would achieve 200k easily with correct servicing and that is precisely why we bought it as our first new Volvo.
I'm getting increasingly frustrated
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