after getting my hands on a remarkably cheap S40 T4, I discovered why it was so cheap. Now I could do with the help and assistance of your monumental knowledge of all things Volvo.. at tickover it's lovely and quiet, under light load it's lovely and quiet, at about 3000 rpm if you 'blip' the throttle, it's got a rattle that sounds lighter than a big end, but heavier than a tappet. Drives perfectly (apart from a suspension rattle, anti roll bar bushes?) I took it to the local Volvo main agent and asked the service manager to have a listen His first words were "Oh bollocks, we had one like this about 6 months ago, we stripped the engine, measured and inspected everything and couldn't find it, ended up putting a new engine in, cost £3000, I'm still trying to pay for it". These are not the words I wanted to hear, something along the lines of "No problem, just needs [1]. will cost £50" would have been much better news. So, now my local Volvo dealer has washed his hands of it, anyone got any suggestions? [2] [1] this is where you can help, hopefully [2] apart from sell the bloody thing
