Volvo B230FT

15 discussions on MotorsForum about the Volvo B230FT: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

What owners report

I think after discussing on the retro-rides forums...

I have an idea what my next car will be if I can find one in black or very dark grey.A Volvo 740 or 760 Turbo diesel Saloon.Saloon because they are cheaper than the wagons.740 because they are fairly comfy, bricklikeDiesel for economy (and...

Timing Belt Breaking just after warranty expires.

My mother has a 1998 Volvo V70 with 40,000 miles on it. It has awarranty of 5 years or 50,000 miles. It is just over 5 years old and thetiming belt broke and they say some valves are damaged. It sounds expensive.Is there anything...

1987 760 sedan with a b230f engine questions

I got this car, the title says it is a turbo model, and it seems thatthe engine was replaced with a non turbo one.I don't know if the car worked after the change and I don't know ifthey replaced the computer and anything else that should be...

Any LH-2.2 experts?

Still battling a severe fuel consumption problem on my 89 740T wagon.Have done pretty much everything that can cause excessive consumptionfrom full tune up, new ECT and fuel pressure regulator, intake tractleak repaired, new O2 sensor, AMM,...

Steam in exhaust '93 940T

Steam in exhaust '93 940TI have about 80k on a rebuilt B230FT engine (rebuilt =by Volvo) in my 940T wagon.  It’s been running great.  Sudde=nly, I lost power, engine temp. went way up and I began blowing huge clouds =of steam out the...

B230 & 900 horsepower...

anyone herd the rumor someone ran a 940t or b230 volvo motor up to 900 horsepower before it melteddown?.......amazing if 1/2 true...lets see...400hpi should be safe boosting to 200+.....?????

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