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S40 Con-rod

Unchopped · 2015-12-28 15:29:46

hello, has anyone here ever heard of or know of any problems with the Volvo S40 1.8 petrols causing the conrod to punch through the side of the block. its a 2006 with only 100k on the clock, car never got abused and serviced regular, was giving no issues until this. he was just driving along, the car gave a couple of…

28-12-2015 3:29pm

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hello, has anyone here ever heard of or know of any problems with the Volvo S40 1.8 petrols causing the conrod to punch through the side of the block. its a 2006 with only 100k on the clock, car never got abused and serviced regular, was giving no issues until this. he was just driving along, the car gave a couple of stutters then all lights came on and car rolled to a stop. also has full Volvo dealer service history.

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#2 28-12-2015 3:36pm

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Loads of things can cause this from poor servicing to having sucked up some water in a flood and having the conrod bent slightly. New engine time I'm afraid and I wouldn't expect any form of goodwill on a car that old.

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#3 29-12-2015 1:35am

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i think they use the ford/mazda duratec engine so should be easy to source one,put a request on partfinder.ie

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