Everybody loves the Volvo five-cylinder. Effectively, I am unsure about everybody, however it’s a extensively regarded engine, a reliable factor with the distinctive character solely a ‘5 can present. However, like several automotive engine, it will probably fail, and this one failed in spectacular vogue. Eric from the always-excellent I Do Automobiles channel on YouTube has the engine from a 2012 S60 on his stand this week, and the teardown is an entertaining watch.

Volvo’s Modular engine household debuted with a six-cylinder again within the early Nineteen Nineties with the 900 sequence, and the five-pot arrived within the mid Nineteen Nineties with the 850. The four-cylinder Modular was the final to debut, coming just a few years after the ‘5 in Volvo’s small 40-series automobiles. This engine household died in 2016 with the rise of Volvo’s present boosted four-cylinders, and with it, one of many final five-cylinder engines in the marketplace.

The injury to this engine is clear nearly instantly, because it will not rotate on the stand. And that is not as a result of it was clearly saved exterior after being taken out of the automotive. Eric predicts at the start that the engine jumped timing in some way, and the bent consumption valves are fairly clear proof. As are the large divots stated consumption valves made within the pistons.

It is powerful to know precisely what precisely occurred. The belts do not look nice, however they had been all intact. Maybe it jumped just a few enamel, or the water pump failed. Sadly for Eric being within the salvage enterprise, there’s not a lot value saving on this engine. The injury is simply too extreme. 

Past having fun with the wanton destruction, it is neat to see this engine come aside. In typical Volvo vogue, it is a quite simple design, with some idiosyncrasies, like cam caps built-in into the valve cowl. And if nothing else, it is a reminder of the significance of fixing your timing belts when required.