Good afternoon Gentlemen
I have a 1999 V70RAWD, one of the 74 which have 5 speed auto, 2435cc engine etc.
Saturday morning and later in the day it was running as well as usual. Monday morning it decided to run on less than the 5 cylinders with which it was issued.
I have just returned from the garage. Mechanic detected a faulty plug on No.2 cylinder by removing the coil pack, listening for the clicking noise but no change in engine behaviour.
5 new plugs ordered and when I returned I was informed that they had fitted all five to no avail, problem remained. Then they checked the compression on No. 2 and found none. Replacing all the old plugs and re-fitting the coil packs produced an engine running worse than before so I drove back into the garage, all of 15 ft and informed them of the problem. Given that No.2 cylinder is out of action he substituted coil pack No.2 for coil pack No.1 whereupon the engine improved but only slightly.
The garage has suggested that they will need to remove the head to check the valves and cam followers to try to diagnose the problem. Time, on Autodata, for removing the head alone is 9 hrs and they have suggested that they would recommend changing the cam belt at the same time even though it was changed quite recently.
My problem is the same as I have expressed before. These are nice cars, there are not many left but is the expense justified? The gearbox isn't always as perfect as it should be and I have been quoted over £1600 to remove, rebuild and replace.
However, I would be grateful for any information as to what the problem might be and any positive suggestions.
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