850 turbo -- flame trap -- yes or no?

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I'm confused, perhaps someone can point me in the right direction. I have a '96 850 turbo. I am religious about the service , car has 120k on it. I don't typically use the dealer ($$$$) but I recently had it in for a heated seat recall and while in the Tech wanted to service the "flame trap" and explained it's an often overlooked maintenance issue. It's was not expensive so I agreed.

Now, just yesterday I read the '96 850 turbo has no flame trap. A normally aspirated engine does but the turbo does not.

Can anyone shed light on this?

TIA!

Me · Accepted Answer

IIRC,  VolvoUK recommends removing the flame trap entirely.

Per Hauge · Answer

Even though it might not have a flame trap, it still have crankcase ventilation with oil trap and hoses, and those could also be a good idea to check, making sure you get the pressure out of the crankcase. I think maybe the Tech just referred to the whole as "flame trap".

Per

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Peter Milnes · Answer

The normal situation is as you stated. For turbo equipped cars there is nofilter in the PCV system. For normally aspirated cars there is. However thesmall pipe from the filter holder (used as a pipe junction) to the inletmanifold gets hard and may clog so replacement of this and cleaning the stubwill help to keep everything in order.Cheers, Peter.:: > I'm confused, perhaps someone can point me in the right direction. I have: > a '96 850 turbo. I am religious about the service , car has 120k on it. I: > don't typically use the dealer ($$$$) but I recently had it in for a: > heated seat recall and while in the Tech wanted to service the "flame: > trap" and explained it's an often overlooked maintenance issue. It's was: > not expensive so I agreed.: >: > Now, just yesterday I read the '96 850 turbo has no flame trap. A normally: > aspirated engine does but the turbo does not.: >: > Can anyone shed light on this?: >:: IIRC,  VolvoUK recommends removing the flame trap entirely.::

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