Looking to buy a diesel V40

PC2CV · Feb 16th, 2022, 23:06

Hi all
I am looking to buy a V40, but on the fence about what engine to get.

I have come from a long line of french cars, 406 2.0 HDi was old faithful for 10 years and then i drove a Berlingo 1.6 8v HDi until very recently when it got wrote off.

What has drawn me to the V40 was it has the same DV6 engine as my berlingo, an engine im fairly familiar with in the french applications having done many a timing belt and service in Berlingo, 307, 308, C4 etc. I generally consider them to be reliable if serviced. However i see threads over here in volvo land discussing cracked blocks.

How common a problem is a cracked block on a D2 engine? Is it just the usual forum thing of problems getting complained about more than good cars? Did volvo do anything different to this engine to make it at risk of cracking the block.

My thoughts on the other engines. The 5 pot D3/D4 would tempt me, but i can just as easily start searching through forums to see threads of cracked blocks for that engine, and im after something more for economy than out and out power.

The VED 2.0 4 pot engine is in much fresher cars out of my budget, and i suppose hard to know yet how reliable they are as they age.

Feb 16th, 2022, 23:06	#1
PC2CV New Member Last Online: May 23rd, 2022 22:58 Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Dungannon	Looking to buy a diesel V40 Hi all I am looking to buy a V40, but on the fence about what engine to get. I have come from a long line of french cars, 406 2.0 HDi was old faithful for 10 years and then i drove a Berlingo 1.6 8v HDi until very recently when it got wrote off. What has drawn me to the V40 was it has the same DV6 engine as my berlingo, an engine im fairly familiar with in the french applications having done many a timing belt and service in Berlingo, 307, 308, C4 etc. I generally consider them to be reliable if serviced. However i see threads over here in volvo land discussing cracked blocks. How common a problem is a cracked block on a D2 engine? Is it just the usual forum thing of problems getting complained about more than good cars? Did volvo do anything different to this engine to make it at risk of cracking the block. My thoughts on the other engines. The 5 pot D3/D4 would tempt me, but i can just as easily start searching through forums to see threads of cracked blocks for that engine, and im after something more for economy than out and out power. The VED 2.0 4 pot engine is in much fresher cars out of my budget, and i suppose hard to know yet how reliable they are as they age.

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