> Considering the car ran so well before the motor was lifted for the
> oil leak repairs does anyone know where I should now be looking? I get
> the feeling he'd rather just keep replacing things till he finally
> hits the jackpot.
Maybe you could just pay his boat payments directly rather than have him
launder them masquerading as bad parts. Did it occur to you that your
mechanic may know nothing about Volvos. The proof is in what they fix,
not how convincing they sound about why they keep doing the wrong thing.
In case you didn't notice, your problems are much bigger now than before
and keep getting bigger.

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Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '02 Volvos.
The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '02 through European Delivery.
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>I took a 93 volvo 240 wagon to my mechanic to get his opinion on
> buying it.
Hmmm, sounds like you have a mechanic working on your car who is not
familiar with Volvos and that he or she is making a real hash of it. At
this point you need to find a REAL Volvo mechanic to sort out the mess.
John