Could this be the end of the road for the 1989 Volvo B10M

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4 ай бұрын

On the 2nd of March after completing a Wedding Charter, While returning to the Depot.
“Vinnie the Volvo” our 1989 Volvo B10M started clattering and smoking away, So We pulled over immediately. Literally less then 30 seconds if that from the first sound to shut down, Oil pressure was good. Temperature was showing 95° Celsius bit warm but out of the red danger zone of 100 - 120°.
Left it overnight the next day it fired fired up no issues but was still banging and clattering away, Idling rough. So We organised a mechanic to come and have a look, Upon going to fire it up on the Tuesday the motor locked up solid.
We’re still waiting for it to be towed back to our depot a week later, Once back there We’ll pull the sump off and injectors out and go from there.
But at the moment it’s looking like it needs a $40,000+ out of frame engine rebuild, Which is made a bit more difficult due to it being a mid engined bus.

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@rongeremy5370 4 ай бұрын

Good luck with it,, hope it gets sorted soon. What a bugger $$$

@TheAussieBusman 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, We’ll need it. Once it’s back at the depot We’ll assess it and go from there, The mechanic my uncle and the neighbour who all have experience rebuilding diesels. They said worst case scenario a full rebuild might be on the table considering it’s a 35 year old bus with 1.7 million Kay’s (last rebuild was around 1 million km). Where best case scenario they all agree that it might of spun a bearing and blown a head gasket; As it fired up no issues after cooling down. But only did half a rotation to start after topping up the water, So there’s a chance there’s water in one of the cylinders and it hydrolocked. Definitely don’t want to give up on Vinnie the Volvo yet, But I am looking at purchasing another bus ASAP to keep the business going while the B10M gets sorted. Be it the finances for a rebuild or replacement healthy engine. So in the near future either a Mercedes 0405 or another Volvo B10M or B10BLE will appear on the channel, Plus the official diagnosis of the B10M.