Volvo 245GL

7 discussions on MotorsForum about the Volvo 245GL: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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Best Oil For Emission Control

I got an older 86 Volvo diesel and it smokes a bit(blue crankcases oil).I'm coming up on an emissions inspection test. What would be better tominimize the smoke for the test. Light or heavy grade or natural oil orsynthetic??Any...

Best Oil For Emission Control

I got an older 86 Volvo diesel and it smokes a bit(blue crankcases oil).I'm coming up on an emissions inspection test. What would be better tominimize the smoke for the test. Light or heavy grade or natural oil orsynthetic??Any...

Best Oil For Emission Control

I got an older 86 Volvo diesel and it smokes a bit(blue crankcases oil).I'm coming up on an emissions inspection test. What would be better tominimize the smoke for the test. Light or heavy grade or natural oil orsynthetic??Any...

1988 240 no start, can't find problem!

Hello.Wonder if anyone has an idea on this one. Car is a 1988 Volvo 245 (GL,auto trans).Last week or so, the car runs really rough for about 3-5minutes. Veryrough idle, not very much power. After it starts to heat up, the idlecomes back...

87-190D 2.5 highest reached mileage?

Hi all,I just bought a 1987's 190D 2.5 manual with 235,000 miles. I previouslydrove a 1991 VW Jetta GL, manual; it got 260,000 miles last month, and Idecide it's time to toss it away. Even though the Mercedes is 4 years older,it feels much...

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