Originally Posted by dkveuro

It's a 6 cylinder motor of VW design with a rotory injection pump driven of the back of the cam.

They do make some good power if you nail shut the waste valve.
The engine was a commercial power plant in Europe for light trucks and buses.

Problems are....cam belt/pump timing is difficult to get right. . .but doable.
Often crack flex plates.
Alt' is rubber mounted and ground problems happen.

Apart from that, they are as good as any MB in the engine department.

I've serviced them for years......as good a Volvo as you'll find that old.

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