Green or red dipstick in engine on later models

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:18 am

Hi,

I heard something about there being a difference between engines with a red or green dipstick in them. I believe the later 480 left the factory with a red dipstick, but they found out that 'something' was wrong at the dealers later, fixed it, and fitted a green dipstick to make sure other dealers could see this 'construction error' was solved.

I have a green dipstick in my 2-liter and a red one in my Turbo Collection and hope someone here can give me some info on this

Thanx!

Agwa Moose · Post by **Agwa Moose** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:47 am

Wouldn't worry about the turbo collection Daniel, I think that the thing with the dipstick colour was only on the 2 litre engines

J

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:16 am

Thanx, that's some peace of mind

Anyone know what was wrong with the 2-liter engine in the first place?

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:58 pm

That would be a interesting fact. I have a Green dipstick in Greta - so I'm sure that's fine - but I always like to know what went on to give birth to these fine machines.

rpruen · Post by **rpruen** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:28 pm

From what I can tell it was a different engine type, mostly to reduce oil usage. The engine doesn't have cooling oil sprays to the underside of the pistons.

Richard

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:02 pm

rpruen wrote:From what I can tell it was a different engine type, mostly to reduce oil usage. The engine doesn't have cooling oil sprays to the underside of the pistons.

Richard

Yeah, the older 2-liters have a bad reputation when it comes to oil-leaks! So it wasn't something related to callbacks, but just the introduction of a new type 2-liter engine.

V480TI · Post by **V480TI** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:37 am

other things that were changed on the later 2.0's were an other motormanagement and camshaft.(and the dipstick colour).

greetz

fargo · Post by **fargo** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:47 am

Some 2 litre cars are the subject of a call-back action: they drill a 1mm hole under the 2nd (?) piston ring, to cure excess oil consumption. This is missing on certain models, somehow it did not happen at the factory.

I hope the info is correct, I recalled it from a discussion 3,5 years ago when I bought my 480.

Swe480T · Post by **Swe480T** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:19 am

Changes on B20F 208/209 (116/118 old B20F)

New
Pistons and rings
Camshaft
Crankshaft and Main bearings
Connecting rods
No piston cooling
Inlet manifold
Throttle control(house or body dont know the english word) with adjusting screw for base settings.
Oilcapacity 5.7L with filter, 2.2L between max and min
Green dipstick.

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:21 am

Nice list

Thanx!

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:41 pm

Some 2 litre cars are the subject of a call-back action: they drill a 1mm hole under the 2nd (?) piston ring, to cure excess oil consumption. This is missing on certain models, somehow it did not happen at the factory.

I hope the info is correct, I recalled it from a discussion 3,5 years ago when I bought my 480.

ThatÂ´s about what IÂ´ve read on a Finnish volvo page..no talk of 480Â´s though, just late 2l 440/460. Must be because 480Â´s wasnÂ´t imported to Finland after 1989/90, if I remember right.

btw.I looked under the bonnet of my 2.0l -> green dipstick.

Nice info Swe480T!