Volvo 850 t5 main bearing sizes

[Bigsi15]

Thanks DD you are an absolute legend and have just made my night! I was starting to get really down about this so I'm so relieved to have a bit of light at the end of the tunnel now and hopefully begin the process of putting it all back together :-) I take it those part numbers relate to the 850 b5234t engine? Don't think I need oversized judging by the quality of the ones that came out at least, probably best measure though! Thanks again

[Dangerous Dave]

Thanks DD you are an absolute legend and have just made my night! I was starting to get really down about this so I'm so relieved to have a bit of light at the end of the tunnel now and hopefully begin the process of putting it all back together :-) I take it those part numbers relate to the 850 b5234t engine? Don't think I need oversized judging by the quality of the ones that came out at least, probably best measure though! Thanks again

Yup those are for the B5234T engine, probably the same for the later years x70 range too. If you click the part number in the link I added in my post above you can see how many other engines/years it was used in (just clicked one and it has 591 variants)

No need to fret about it bud, that's what we're here for And I know what you're going through, I've just about finished rebuilding mine http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthre...-Polly-850-AWD

Have a fab evening

[Bigsi15]

That engine looks great! I think it will put mine to shame when mines hopefully finished! how did you get it so clean on the outside out of interest? Mine has been hot washed a couple of times but still covered in corrosion lol

[Dangerous Dave]

That engine looks great! I think it will put mine to shame when mines hopefully finished! how did you get it so clean on the outside out of interest? Mine has been hot washed a couple of times but still covered in corrosion lol

As long as you enjoy doing the rebuild and it runs sweet once finished then the exterior doesn't really matter, it's your pride and joy so have fun messing with it

Thank you I started to clean it myself but it was covered in baked on oil and the block parts were too big to intricately clean without spending a fortune on cleaning products.

There's a company local to me that does component cleaning so I just popped all the block parts down to them and they came back very clean. Then I started spraying the parts up with engine enamel, but once I started I found I needed to spray the rest up so it didn't look out of place. It'll probably all peel of within a few months but hey ho.

[Bigsi15]

Yeah I'm really enjoying the project it's my first ever engine rebuild but I like a challenge :-) the engine seems in good condition apart from some wear on the top of the bores unfortunately
It's going to be too much for me to re bore so I think I will just have to live with it. Other than the top centimetre or less the rest of the bores are in very good condition so hopefully won't affect it too much. I guess if I can get it running and the tune to basically work I can always source another block over time and hopefully just replace the Block and head gasket and bolts and use the other bits without too much trouble as they shouldn't have many miles on them by then.
I love my 8:50 I would love to have an engine in there that I reconditioned, just hope it holds compression!

My other build thread:
http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthre...lvo+850+engine

[Bigsi15]

Ah I'm sure it will hold up fine buddy :-) either way it looks great as it is