V70 2.3T but not a T5 -Is it possible?

[sebasteeno]

On the V70 (MY97) did they make 2.3 turbos that werent t5s? I ask as one has appeared on the bay of E and ive hit the buy it now button on the basis that it is what it claims to be i.e. a t5 in everything but badge?

Anyone shed any light on the subject?

[Enigma666]

Nope, the only 2.3 Turbo was a T5, other than that there was the 2.5T

[Filterlab]

There was also a 2.4 turbo and a 2.0 turbo.

[sebasteeno]

Ive bought this and im picking it up tomorrow. The guy assures me its a 2.3T. On the askmid insurance checking site the car quotes as a 20V but my own insurance lists it as a V70R which has left me confused.

[Wombatbomb]

The answers here are going to be exactly the same as those you got on the VOC forums, the only 2.3 engined V70's are the T5.

The car you have bought is either a T5 which has had the 2.5T alloys fitted, or it's an LPT and the registration document is incorrect (whether that is because the engine has been changed at some point or it was always recorded incorrectly who knows?). I would expect it to be the latter as the DVLA are notoriously inaccurate in their data on vehicle engine types etc. And guess where all the insurance companies tend to get their data from?

What you need to do is get the cars VIN number, then have a look at this link....

http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/vin_70.shtml

[AlanG]

If this is a factory T5,it seems very low specced. Not even headlamp wash/wipe and cloth seats.......

[Filterlab]

It's not a T5, there's no T5 spec like headlight wipers and 16" alloys (for example). It looks to me like a 2.5LPT or a 2.5 20V.

[sebasteeno]

Would it be possible that its a 2.3lpt as the guy seems to think it might be?

On another site it shows that its 2319cc and its a turbo.

He reckoned that Volvo put the T5 engine in other cars like the 855 but never badged it up as that. Excuse my ignorance as the whole Volvo marque is new to me.

[Wombatbomb]

Just ask him for the VIN number, it'll make this much simpler.

[sebasteeno]

It's not a T5, there's no T5 spec like headlight wipers and 16" alloys (for example). It looks to me like a 2.5LPT or a 2.5 20V.

The engine bay pic looks like a t5 or a 2.5lpt, not a 20V n/a

[Filterlab]

...and cloth seats....

Quite a few T5s had cloth seats, in fact only the CD came with leather as standard, the SE has cloth as standard.

[sebasteeno]

If it was say, ex poilce, could it be poverty spec but with the big engine as a one off?

[Filterlab]

If it was say, ex poilce, could it be poverty spec but with the big engine as a one off?

Possibly, but if it was a police car it would have the 302 brakes which would require suitable 16" alloys.

[AlanG]

No expert but to my limited knowledge a 2.3 HPT is a T5. The underbonnet view suggests this but I wonder how original this car is.......

[jdavis]

DVLA list it as 2319cc so unless thats incorrect i'd take a guess it's a T5.

[cookie]

Base Model T5, was cloth seats, No headlight wipers, standard Air Con, Leccy windows all round, and Remote Locking, and double din 802 radio cassette, and that was it - similar to plod spec in regards toys

[cookie]

I would ask what the sticker says on side of timing belt cover

B2354T or B2554T IIRC or something like that - if it has a 3 in it, its a T5 engine if it aint got a 3 then its an LPT

[sebasteeno]

Decided against the car in the end and bought a 2.5T instead. Too many unknowns on this car it seems. The seller never got back to me with the engine number to confirm what it was and having to travel for seven hours by bus and train then a five hour drive home was a risk too far.

Then the reg doc never matched the insurance and the car and i decided against.

Thanks for all your help though guys.

[AlanG]

Personally wouldn't have bought it. To many uncertainties. Huge choice of genuine T5's out there.

[flyingbrick]

You should have got the other one mate. The 2319 t5 more power than the 2.5t better compresion ratio...