Volvo d13 low miles high engine hours

I doubt it is a TC with 3.08's in it. You can look at the turbo and see the difference in them. That truck is gonna need to be drove at 55-62 max for decent MPG;s just so you know. If you run higher than 1350 RPM's it is very bad for the Emission system with that set up. For sure use some kind of cetain booster at min for the fuel treatment.

 

With it being an auction truck i cant promise that. For all we know the last owner took a literal dump on the valves daily, ran chicken blood as coolant and pissed into the motor oil hourly. My advice would be assume it was maintained by a violent and mentally deranged, especially retarded monkey with brain damage and that the truck was treated like crap.

Do a blowby test on it. Put it on a dyno. Have the oil changed and a sample pulled of whats in there. Have the ECM pulled and a data dump done. Make sure it wasnt run over safe RPM or if it was by how much and how often. Do a rig-dig (link below) and see if the previous company still has records or if it was a flybynight 3rd worlder from mexico with more out of service reports then bent axle bob.

Drop and clean the fuel tanks. Replace the coolant. Make sure no one was running christ alone knows what kind of stop leak through it. Make sure it doesnt have alterd emissions (read wasnt stealth deleted) and someone didnt put a weird tune in the computer. Have ALL the fluids pulled and samples taken. I.e dif, transmission ect. Make sure it has the correct type of coolant in it and that all the sensors are reporting correctly and look for rotted fuel/coolant lines, hard lines like for oil and rotted airbags or air lines.

Do all of that and you will have a pretty reasonable picture of the rigs health.

https://truckhistory.overdriveonline.com/

 

VGT not a TC.

 

It might be worth your time to ask a dealer if they can warranty it with a Volvo factory warranty. I have a full breakdown of what my warrany covers, a very long list. It's very specific on what is and isn't covered.

I also strongly recommend finding a shop you can trust and on a newer Volvo that's probably a dealer. I realize 'trust' and 'dealer' are mutually exclusive but it is possible to find a good one that will take care of you when needed.

 

If you join the facebook group (Volvo Truck Masters), they have alot of people (including people who own their own shops, that exclusively work on Volvo trucks) that can also assist you in answering questions, or helping you with doing your own repairs.