I'm waiting for paint to dry so I have to much free time. On the Krogen forum, the Volvo parts debate is active. Here are a couple of posts. We have a Ford Lehman so no connection to Volvo or their parts department.
Post 1:
Nope, I have Depco rebuild my RAW water pumps but it ain't no $200 dollars because there are proprietary volvo peices in it. I think the last raw water pump they did for me was about $380. A new one from Volvo is over $500.
What's leaking now is the fresh water pump behind the front engine case. If it were just a few dollars and a day of my time I MIGHT go ahead and fix it, but I get so pissed off everytime I call Volvo parts, it just doesn't seem worth it anymore. The guy's are real nice but they always say something like "WOW! Are you sitting down?" "I'm sorry but you better sit down this is unbelievable!"
Post 2:
I agree with all of the other posts BUT...2 things, the first doesn't apply to you as I bought a ......... with very LOW engine hours (bad thing) and while the engine has been reliable, I have had to continually replace parts. Being a Volvo, I have spent over $8K over the last 4 years on relatively minor bolt on parts. If I hadn't done the work myself the cost would have been close to double. I finally have had it. Just last week the fresh water pump started leaking and the easiest way to fix that is to get the parts from Volvo and pull the engine to be able to properly work on the front. If I am going to pull the engine it'll be to replace it with a non Volvo engine, as I'm sick and tired of their astronomically priced parts.
That leads to the second thing I was going to tell you that does apply to you, Volvo parts are crazy expensive. Take for example the heat exchange core that I replaced 2 years ago. The cost of the core was $2100 + the cost the O-rings. In Volvos' defense, this engine wasn't run enough over the years with me putting the majority of the 2700+ hours on the engine over the last 4 years, hence my continually having to replace parts.
Post 1:
Nope, I have Depco rebuild my RAW water pumps but it ain't no $200 dollars because there are proprietary volvo peices in it. I think the last raw water pump they did for me was about $380. A new one from Volvo is over $500.
What's leaking now is the fresh water pump behind the front engine case. If it were just a few dollars and a day of my time I MIGHT go ahead and fix it, but I get so pissed off everytime I call Volvo parts, it just doesn't seem worth it anymore. The guy's are real nice but they always say something like "WOW! Are you sitting down?" "I'm sorry but you better sit down this is unbelievable!"
Post 2:
I agree with all of the other posts BUT...2 things, the first doesn't apply to you as I bought a ......... with very LOW engine hours (bad thing) and while the engine has been reliable, I have had to continually replace parts. Being a Volvo, I have spent over $8K over the last 4 years on relatively minor bolt on parts. If I hadn't done the work myself the cost would have been close to double. I finally have had it. Just last week the fresh water pump started leaking and the easiest way to fix that is to get the parts from Volvo and pull the engine to be able to properly work on the front. If I am going to pull the engine it'll be to replace it with a non Volvo engine, as I'm sick and tired of their astronomically priced parts.
That leads to the second thing I was going to tell you that does apply to you, Volvo parts are crazy expensive. Take for example the heat exchange core that I replaced 2 years ago. The cost of the core was $2100 + the cost the O-rings. In Volvos' defense, this engine wasn't run enough over the years with me putting the majority of the 2700+ hours on the engine over the last 4 years, hence my continually having to replace parts.