Volvo MD2030 Engine Failure - Lack of Support
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My engine has been almost totally rebuilt, and now has about 10 hours on it since the rebuild. All appears well, except at first, there was a small "rattle" that now seems gone. I hope that it was just something "working itself in". Anyway my mechanic has heard it before it went away and is therefore aware of it. Unfortunately the engine won't get much use for the next few months.
How did all of my various dealings (financial) work out you may ask? Well both my insurance company and Volvo Penta Canada came through in the end. All of my expenses associated with the engine and rebuild have been covered. I am quite happy with the final outcome.
Thanks for reading about my "adventures",
Tom
My engine has been almost totally rebuilt, and now has about 10 hours on it since the rebuild. All appears well, except at first, there was a small "rattle" that now seems gone. I hope that it was just something "working itself in". Anyway my mechanic has heard it before it went away and is therefore aware of it. Unfortunately the engine won't get much use for the next few months.
How did all of my various dealings (financial) work out you may ask? Well both my insurance company and Volvo Penta Canada came through in the end. All of my expenses associated with the engine and rebuild have been covered. I am quite happy with the final outcome.
Thanks for reading about my "adventures",
Tom
Tom,My engine has been almost totally rebuilt, and now has about 10 hours on it since the rebuild. All appears well, except at first, there was a small "rattle" that now seems gone. I hope that it was just something "working itself in". Anyway my mechanic has heard it before it went away and is therefore aware of it. Unfortunately the engine won't get much use for the next few months.
How did all of my various dealings (financial) work out you may ask? Well both my insurance company and Volvo Penta Canada came through in the end. All of my expenses associated with the engine and rebuild have been covered. I am quite happy with the final outcome.
Thanks for reading about my "adventures",
Tom
That is great news though not the typical result from Volvo. Perhaps taking your story to the net helped sway Volvo!
Back when I was involved with aircraft maintenance and management, I saw a reference to an FAA report that estimated that up to half of the aircraft bolts currently in US inventory were counterfits from China. We had a premature failure of the engine in our plane, fortunately caught by ground inspection shortly before failure. The cause was never conclusively pinned down but there was a whole rash of similar failures traced to when production of the parts was shifted from the US to a Russian company that had the work done in Brazil.
I expect the problem isn't limited to aircraft. I'm glad my engine was built before globalization.
My bumper sticker now says, "I'd rather be boating."
When I was in the field maintenance shop at Dow AFB in 1958 we had several hundred wing to fuselage bolts to test for proper hardness. We found several that had missed the heat treatment and were as soft as when they were machined.
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I had a 2 cylender 1971 Volvo Md2b that I bought new It had no glo plug It was a 450 Lb cast iron engine with a big flywheel If it was cold I had to de compress one cylender to start it It shook the fillings out of my teeth. but it started every time and never gave trouble. That was a long time ago. I hope you didnt think Volvo of canada was going to cheerfully admit liability and take full responsibility. Did you ever have the experience of buying a new car: getting a lemon and try to get the dealer to take it back? You got the same thing here. THE OTHER GUY DID IT: we are not responsible : I agree with Ross your going to have to
fix the engine yourself and then sue them. Its going to take some time. Good Luck
I had a 2 cylender 1971 Volvo Md2b that I bought new It had no glo plug It was a 450 Lb cast iron engine with a big flywheel If it was cold I had to de compress one cylender to start it It shook the fillings out of my teeth. but it started every time and never gave trouble. That was a long time ago. I hope you didnt think Volvo of canada was going to cheerfully admit liability and take full responsibility. Did you ever have the experience of buying a new car: getting a lemon and try to get the dealer to take it back? You got the same thing here. THE OTHER GUY DID IT: we are not responsible : I agree with Ross your going to have to
fix the engine yourself and then sue them. Its going to take some time. Good Luck
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