Looking for 1990 740 info

External Since: Aug 25, 2006 Posts: 12

I am looking at a high mileage (~225k miles) 1990 740 sedan w/ the auto gear
box. I am wondering what I should look for. The body is in good shape for
the age, but that's not everything. I am not familiar at all with Volvos so
any information you could offer would be great. Thanks

Matt

External Since: May 19, 2008 Posts: 13

M Warren wrote:
> I am looking at a high mileage (~225k miles) 1990 740 sedan w/ the auto gear
> box. I am wondering what I should look for. The body is in good shape for
> the age, but that's not everything. I am not familiar at all with Volvos so
> any information you could offer would be great. Thanks
>
> Matt
>
>

I would avoid the ZF auto transmissions, but if the shifter has a small
button on the side to lockout the overdrive, it's an AW-70/71 and those
are pretty solid.

Clean out the flame trap, check for leaks, if it's a 16V motor change
the timing belt immediately unless you *know* it was changed on time.
Otherwise they're pretty solid cars, mine also had 225K when I bought it
8 years ago, still driving it daily.