[Shop-talk] Volvo Engine Swap

[Mullen]

Doug Braun wrote:
>
> But in California, was it WARRANTIED for 100k miles?
>
>> The federal regulations require that "emission equipment" must be
warranted
>> for at least 60K miles in order to be certified.  California did it one
>> better and required 100K miles.  So, the manufacturers had to do the
>> calculations and decide if it was worth it to re-design everything, or
pay
>> for the expected number of engines that would require repairing.

Yes (and no).  If a system failed on the engine that affected the emissions,
it is warranted.  That includes skipped teeth on a timing belt, a burnt
valve, a clogged fuel injector, cat, etc.

But only if the engine is running.  If it isn't running, they may not (or
they may) have to fix it under warranty.

In any case, the California ARB determined that timing belts affected
emissions and had to be warranted for 100K miles.

Tim Mullen