Buying a turbo p2 Volvo, a honest perspective — Transcript

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1. 0:01what's going on YouTube
2. 0:03um this is going to be like the first
3. 0:04face-to-face video I've actually done
4. 0:06with you guys but I decided I'm gonna
5. 0:08make a video on these P2 Volvos
6. 0:12um why you should or shouldn't buy one
7. 0:15um basically I'm gonna tell it just how
8. 0:17it is
9. 0:18um whether people get mad offended
10. 0:20whatever I'm gonna talk about my
11. 0:22experience with them whatever else so
12. 0:24let's get into it so first off I want to
13. 0:26start out by saying anyone who doesn't
14. 0:27know who I am I basically gained the
15. 0:30name the nickname T5 Tyrell from always
16. 0:34buying um S60 t5s and then heavily
17. 0:37modifying them
18. 0:39um as far as P2 cars go I will admit all
19. 0:41I've owned are p2s60 t5s but I've worked
20. 0:45on more than just
21. 0:47um S60 t5s for P2 cars
22. 0:51um so what I want to start out by saying
23. 0:54is
24. 0:55these are Euro Cars
25. 0:58um this basically goes for most Euro
26. 1:00Cars in general anyway just keeping it
27. 1:03real
28. 1:04um but this isn't your Honda Toyota as
29. 1:07we all know especially the older ones
30. 1:08these older Hondas and Toyotas they're
31. 1:11super reliable you know I've I've known
32. 1:14I've I've even known someone personally
33. 1:16who didn't do an oil change for a
34. 1:18hundred thousand miles car kept going
35. 1:20you know made it to 200 000 miles
36. 1:22whatever but like it's not your Honda or
37. 1:25your Toyota where you could just neglect
38. 1:27doing maintenance keep driving it keep
39. 1:29driving it and then the car just lasts
40. 1:31you and be good and not blow up or not
41. 1:33have any problems with that being said
42. 1:37um these cars can be reliable they can
43. 1:41be reliable not cause you issues but the
44. 1:45big problem I will say with these cars
45. 1:47like both Euro Cars is especially since
46. 1:49they're older now people get enticed by
47. 1:51the price they see oh I could get in
48. 1:54this car for three four maybe five grand
49. 1:57and that's how it is for as far as most
50. 1:59P2 Volvos they range anywhere from about
51. 2:02three grand all the way up to about you
52. 2:06know Seven Grand on average if you're
53. 2:08talking about like a newer like maybe a
54. 2:11newer S60 T5 that's you know well
55. 2:14specced out lower mileage with
56. 2:16maintenance records that might be
57. 2:18upwards of that price but for the most
58. 2:19part on average even with this inflated
59. 2:22car market you're getting these P2
60. 2:24Volvos for like
61. 2:25you know four or five grand maybe and
62. 2:29um the r's are a whole nother ballpark
63. 2:31those could be on average I see them for
64. 2:34about
65. 2:34you know Seven Grand on average all the
66. 2:37way up to about 12 Grand on the high end
67. 2:40if we're talking about like a fully
68. 2:42specced out you know s60r manual
69. 2:45transmission low mileage service records
70. 2:47you know with a you know nicer rare
71. 2:50paint job on the exterior maybe rare
72. 2:52like interior color like the auto comma
73. 2:54or something like that but um in general
74. 2:57these P2 cars are cheaper to buy if
75. 3:00we're looking outside of ours
76. 3:02and
77. 3:04with that like most Euro Cars people see
78. 3:07the cheap price they buy them whatever
79. 3:09and they either don't thoroughly look
80. 3:11over them or they don't understand it
81. 3:13just because the cars cheap to buy that
82. 3:16does not mean it's cheap to maintain and
83. 3:19I say that because
84. 3:21um for two reasons one
85. 3:23the parts for these cars are expensive
86. 3:25that's without a doubt that's there's no
87. 3:27arguing that if we're comparing a price
88. 3:29you know of parts for this car versus a
89. 3:33a non-euro car especially or versus your
90. 3:36you know average commuter car you're
91. 3:38gonna pay more the parts cost money if
92. 3:41you're not willing to spend the money
93. 3:43for genuine parts or OE Replacements
94. 3:46that are known to be credible there is
95. 3:49no point in buying these cars buying
96. 3:51China cheap
97. 3:52um maintenance parts off eBay and you
98. 3:55know all that garbage it's not going to
99. 3:57work out in your favor you know
100. 3:59especially if it's anything engine or
101. 4:01sensor related just stay away
102. 4:05um but
103. 4:07there's only I would say there's really
104. 4:09only two major big maintenance items
105. 4:12there are maintenance items you need to
106. 4:13do you need to make sure done but the
107. 4:15two biggest ones for the survival of the
108. 4:17car is the PCV system and the timing
109. 4:20belt if the car is over a hundred
110. 4:22thousand miles and it has not has had
111. 4:24these two items done
112. 4:27um
113. 4:28I would you definitely need to get a
114. 4:30discount on the price of the car
115. 4:32um timing belts life or death for these
116. 4:35cars
117. 4:36um their interference engines timing
118. 4:37belt snaps or skips timing for some
119. 4:39reason the engine is more than likely
120. 4:42done
121. 4:43PCV could be life or death too because
122. 4:46it's the crankcase ventilation system
123. 4:48when it gets clogged up or it's not
124. 4:50functioning at a hundred percent the way
125. 4:51it should what happens is it has nowhere
126. 4:54to release that pressure so what does it
127. 4:56do it ends up pushing out a cam seal and
128. 4:59from my personal experience it's always
129. 5:01the intake cam seal or at least that's
130. 5:03what it's been on my t5s and I've had
131. 5:06you know this PCV experience experience
132. 5:08with it pushing out a cam seal happened
133. 5:10to me more than once even after
134. 5:12replacing the system so what I want to
135. 5:14get into with that is
136. 5:17pre-facelift cars if you're getting a
137. 5:19pre-facelift car there is a issue with
138. 5:21the PCV system that will not be fixed
139. 5:23even when you buy a new kit so when you
140. 5:26decide to replace the PCV system on
141. 5:29these cars
142. 5:30you need to buy
143. 5:32the updated banjo bolt there's an
144. 5:34updated banjo bolt part for these cars
145. 5:37with a check valve in it you need to get
146. 5:39that if you have a pre-facelift car so
147. 5:41buy the PCV kit but make sure you get
148. 5:43that updated banjo bolt the one that
149. 5:46comes standard in these cars and I'll
150. 5:49post a picture later on the video if I
151. 5:51got it does not have the check valve in
152. 5:54it
153. 5:55and the reason why that's a problem is
154. 5:57because not having that check valve
155. 6:00basically allows boost to pressurize the
156. 6:02system which will end up blowing out a
157. 6:04cam seal resulting in a major oil leak
158. 6:07and possibly Rod knocks soon after as
159. 6:10you'll see on the screen soon on the
160. 6:12right that's the banjo bolt with no
161. 6:14check valve the left is the one with the
162. 6:15check valve that you want and basically
163. 6:18as long as like I said all the timing
164. 6:20components have been done and replaced
165. 6:22the PCV system has been done those are
166. 6:25two major maintenance items outside of
167. 6:27that the upper engine mount will more
168. 6:29likely be blown out when you're buying
169. 6:30these cars front end links as well which
170. 6:33will cause that clunking and sometimes
171. 6:35the spring seats outside of that these
172. 6:37cars are really easy to work on and the
173. 6:40only other things it's just simple
174. 6:41things you got your spark plugs coil
175. 6:44packs fuel filter which is underneath
176. 6:47the car easily accessible turbo control
177. 6:49valve is something else that's specific
178. 6:51to these cars
179. 6:53um
180. 6:54serpentine belt and then you got you
181. 6:56know
182. 6:57um the two vv2 or one depending on the
183. 7:00engine
184. 7:01um VVT solenoid or solenoids on top of
185. 7:04the engine those will sometimes go out
186. 7:06130 000 miles plus outside of that um I
187. 7:10would stay away from all o1 cars and I'd
188. 7:13stay away from the S80 T6 and the XC90
189. 7:15T6 terrible transmission issues on those
190. 7:18cars keep going out my black T5 I bought
191. 7:22high mileage from a car flipper with no
192. 7:25service records big mistake it um since
193. 7:28the beginning it wasn't the most
194. 7:29reliable car and even after putting
195. 7:31thousands of dollars into it you're
196. 7:32trying to make it more reliable the car
197. 7:34was still causing me some issues and it
198. 7:37wasn't the most reliable car people
199. 7:39might say it's because I modified it and
200. 7:41while that is true that is not the full
201. 7:44story and the car like I said since I
202. 7:47got it which was when it was bone stock
203. 7:49was still causing the issues so buying
204. 7:51low mileage service records and keep up
205. 7:53on maintenance and you should be good
206. 7:55hope this video helps