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Originally Posted by Rookie at 53
Can any body tell me anything about the VED 12 engine? I'm buying a 2000 Volvo VED12 engine 10 speed autoshift with 725,000 seems to be in real good shape for $27,500 also got one year warranty on engine, trans and rear ends.
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I had a VED 12 465HP engine for a little over a year. It was in a Volvo 680 hauling very light freight for Forward Air. I got GREAT fuel mileage, around 7.0 to 7.25 once I had switched drive tires from deep tread to all position radial.
However, the engine has no pulling power. Climbing hills with a heavy load was murder. I had a 40,000 pound load going over Monteagle and had to get all the way down to 7th gear before cresting the top.
Reliability was bad. I bought this engine with 250,000 miles on it. Sold it with 400,000 miles on it. I had TWO injectors go bad. The front cover plate of the engine cracked and failed. TWO EGR valves had to be replaced. Valves got so badly out of adjustment had to have a valve adjustment. Exhaust piping had to be repaird three times as it was falling apart. Had to have turbo work done and it really needed a whole new turbo when I sold it. Engine brake activation valve had to be replaced.
There is no way the good MPG paid for all of these repairs as NO ONE will work on a Volvo engine excpet the dealers, and they charge $100 per hour and parts are like gold.
Volvo dealer mechanics repeatedly told me my engine performance was typical and they would personally never buy a truck with a Volvo engine!