That question might be better as a new thread. We also need to know about mileage, condition etc if you plug your details into WBAC website what's it worth?

Sounds touch and go to me. It's a 9 year old motor.

Also it depends on the actual cost of repairs, could even be more or perhaps less.

Is your v50 reliable? My old s40 had loads of electrical niggles.

The term overrun gets used for several quite different situations.

I'm guessing you mean the situation where a diesel starts running on its own sump oil and over-revs until it breaks something or the operator manages to stall or suffocate it?

This seems to be an increased risk these days due to DPF regeneration causing fuel dilution of the lubricating oil.

(It was also an en increased risk when using vegetable oil as fuel, when that was fashionable, since that can gum up the piston rings and stop them working)

I've suggested using thicker oil than the fashionably skinny standard recommendations would reduce this risk a few times now, so I may as well do it again.

Using thicker oil than the fashionably skinny standard recommendations would reduce this risk.

I believe diesels can also start running backwards, setting fire to their air filter.

Never seen that but I imagine if you had'nt heard of it happening it would induce some pretty high speed head scratching the first time it happened to you.

Edited by edlithgow on 22/06/2019 at 13:16