850 seized engine start and drive Media
Published: 14 years ago
This is my brand new yellow '95 Volvo 850 T5R that I got for $500 with a "seized engine". At first the starter wouldn't turn the engine more than a degree at a time so we took the plugs out to give it zero compression and make the starter's life easier and we got it cranking good. Plug back in, after a minute it finally fired up and sounded like this! It's almost definitely a spun rod bearing, the biggest indicator (aside from the horrendous sound) was that at idle the oil light flickers once every engine revolution, ha! I'll throw a junkyard engine in there asap and it'll be my new daily driver.