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Old May 9th, 2021, 10:26   #11
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Incredible mileage to still have the original clutch and exhaust! Good work!
My 1998 C70 T5 GT which I had for 17 years from new went 280K on original clutch, 290K on exhaust (and then it was just the rear box hanger rusted away). Even the struts and rear dampers lasted 250K and I only changed those out of an abundance of caution given the miles they had done. In fact the only other things replaced in 415K miles that were non-service items were the a/c pump, a/c condenser, heater matrix and ABS reluctor rings.

Just goes to show how reliable Volvo's were if maintained properly and driven with consideration. Pity the same cannot be said for current Volvo's (the current XC90 has been rated as the UK's most unreliable car by Which.)

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Old May 9th, 2021, 13:05   #12
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there is a big differance between drivers who maintain and drive and owner who just drive till things fail and then whine abt maintanance cost when things could have been caught early .
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Old May 20th, 2021, 12:00   #13
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To bring it to a close, it went for scrap in the end. Shame but got £325 for it, a lot easier than trying to sell with a wheel bearing needing replacement and defective exhaust mount (pipe clip).

If I had the space to keep hold of it for a bit I'd have put some effort into b trying to sell it but as it was this was the easiest option
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It can be sad to see them go, can't it?
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I jinxed that a bit. Ended up replacing 2 calipers a couple of months back. Then got the unmistakable drone of a failed wheel bearing and have noticed its started to deposit some oil on the drive.

Rather than spend money on it when it's on the original clutch still and that will likely need doing at some point, I've just bought an E Class instead. Will miss the Volvo but the Merc feels huge despite only being 43cm longer.
Nice Merc. I hope its as reliable as the Volvo!
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Old May 20th, 2021, 16:21   #16
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Incredible mileage to still have the original clutch and exhaust! Good work!
not for volvo going back 40 years :-) some of the early 2.0 diesel ford engines were worn out by 80000 until volvo realised their specification clutch was not being fitted to that particular engine ...
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not for volvo going back 40 years :-) some of the early 2.0 diesel ford engines were worn out by 80000 until volvo realised their specification clutch was not being fitted to that particular engine ...
I often wonder about this kind of thing. Whether Volvo upgraded any Ford spec parts, or whether replacement Volvo parts may be of higher quality that what was originally offered (e.g wheel bearings).
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I often wonder about this kind of thing. Whether Volvo upgraded any Ford spec parts, or whether replacement Volvo parts may be of higher quality that what was originally offered (e.g wheel bearings).
volvo upgraded the renault engines internaly
and 5 cyl vw diesels belt transmissions .. but I doubt they touched the PSA Ford units ,

Like wise Renault modified the volvo engines when they put them in their cars
.... by fitting the bolt on parts with soft black " cardboard" gaskets which caused all manner of problems ..
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It can be sad to see them go, can't it?
My 6 year old had taken to giving it a hug before it went. As it went for scrap, I only handed over 1 key and have given him the other to keep as a reminder.
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Nice Merc. I hope its as reliable as the Volvo!
I hope so, but I can't imagine it will be. Seems to be a lot more to go wrong but time will tell.

Slightly annoyed with myself as just found the original projectors, so could have swapped them back over and made some money on the retrofitlabs ones.

On the subject of lights, looking forward to properly trying the Merc out at night, the adaptive shadow led headlights should be a nice step up.
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