D5 Engine

**Dacvolvo** · Saturday 10th July 2010, 21:46

Hi Folks

quick question - my D5 idles perfectly at exactly 700 rpm...

Is this normal?

Dac

**v70torslanda** · Saturday 10th July 2010, 23:15

Lucky boy.

Idle speed is correct. Smooth as a baby's?

Lucky, lucky boy . . .

**Dacvolvo** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 11:48

Yup - very smooth. But having only ever owned petrol cars - normally idling around the 900-1,000rpm mark, I was just a little bit concerned about the diesel sitting at 700rpm.

Any weak points about the D5 engine I should look out for?

**MIKESC70T5** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 15:24

Originally Posted by Dacvolvo

Yup - very smooth. But having only ever owned petrol cars - normally idling around the 900-1,000rpm mark, I was just a little bit concerned about the diesel sitting at 700rpm.

Any weak points about the D5 engine I should look out for?

One big one, there not a t6

lol.

**t5_monkey** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 15:54

Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5

One big one, there not a t6

lol.

LOL - touche

I hear the D5 remaps well - are you gonna get it mapped Dac?

**Liddo** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 21:50

Originally Posted by Dacvolvo

Hi Folks

quick question - my D5 idles perfectly at exactly 700 rpm...

Is this normal?

Dac

My S60 idles at EXACTLY 700 rpm too

and the engines are fairly bomb proof, so dont worry at all

Now, intercoolers are a different matter after a remap

**Dacvolvo** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 23:41

Originally Posted by t5_monkey

LOL - touche

I hear the D5 remaps well - are you gonna get it mapped Dac?

I want to, but I've got 3 months warranty with the car, so I'll keep it standard for 3 months just in case anything goes wrong.

Also - I've just had a brand new intercooler fitted on Tuesday. What's the problems with Rica's D5s and intercoolers?

**v70torslanda** · Sunday 11th July 2010, 23:54

Boost pressure on the D5 is around twice that of the standard T5.

The intercooler is the same.

They usually last around 100k but you'll know when it has gone, you'll think the car should be painted yellow and have 'Ingersoll Rand' stencilled down the side

**Dacvolvo** · Monday 12th July 2010, 00:43

Hmmm. Interesting. So given that I've just had a brand new intercooler fitted within the last few days (My car's mileage is 103k), if I were to Rica my engine, how long am I likely to have my intercooler working correctly before it fails?

**Jaseb77** · Monday 12th July 2010, 10:55

I have ran mine mapped for 60K miles , no issues. now 153K

**Dacvolvo** · Monday 12th July 2010, 19:33

Nice, Jase. I'm assuming the D5 engine in the S80 is the exact same as the D5 in the S60?

Speaking of engines, here's a photo of mine all cleaned up yesterday

**v70torslanda** · Monday 12th July 2010, 21:51

That reminds me . . .

Must take a photo of mine to show the hole in the acoustic cover from the glow plug blowing out of #5 cylinder

The more I see of this car the more jealous I'm getting. Mine was NEVER that clean despite being a Volvo 'Approved Used Car', despite me working for the dealer I bought it from and despite being only 3 years old and less than 60k on the clock.

Maybe that's why that showroom now has plywood windows, if it hasn't actually been demolished yet.

**Dacvolvo** · Monday 12th July 2010, 22:02

Click on the photo in my post above - it makes all the clean-ness even bigger!!!

Seriously though, thanks for the nice comments and was it Volvo Hamilton per chance that you worked for?

**v70torslanda** · Monday 12th July 2010, 22:41

Originally Posted by Dacvolvo

Click on the photo in my post above - it makes all the clean-ness even bigger!!!

Seriously though, thanks for the nice comments and was it Volvo Hamilton per chance that you worked for?

No Bud. It was about 200 miles South of that in Oldham. Cameron knows which one

**p fandango** · Tuesday 13th July 2010, 06:36

Originally Posted by MIKESC70T5

One big one, there not a t6

lol.

that means it can have a proper gearbox then lol

**RobbieH** · Tuesday 13th July 2010, 09:27

Originally Posted by Dacvolvo

Nice, Jase. I'm assuming the D5 engine in the S80 is the exact same as the D5 in the S60?

And the same engine as in my V70

I did a write up of my MTE remap here http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26128

Still going strong

I'll probably be doing an intercooler change before it pops. There's some good info on the D5 tuning thread of T5D5 (also in the general engine tuning iirc). There is now the possibility of a drop in uprated replacement i/c rather than mucking about with the full FMIC option some people have gone for.

**turbo-tuner** · Tuesday 13th July 2010, 10:25

Originally Posted by Jaseb77

I have ran mine mapped for 60K miles , no issues. now 153K

Same here - my S60 D5 2004 did 60K on the RICA sports tune with no issues. I had the car from approx 11K to 72K miles.

**Dacvolvo** · Tuesday 13th July 2010, 23:25

Originally Posted by RobbieH

And the same engine as in my V70

I did a write up of my MTE remap here http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26128

That's one damn fine write up!!!

**t5_monkey** · Tuesday 13th July 2010, 23:50

That is a good write up - out of all the posts I've read about it (not that I've ever sampled them of course) I'd have to say if i was getting a new remap I'd be erring towards MTE.

**RobbieH** · Wednesday 14th July 2010, 09:20

Thank-you sirs for the last two posts.

The same write up is also on T5D5 and VOC, being a member of both the other forums. My aim was to provide a totally independent view on my choices and results. I do hope others will benefit.