Feeling like a moron
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Feeling like a moron
I have a 1992 Volvo 740 (non turbo) stationwagon and I have no idea if it's a v4 or v6!! I have read nearly the entire manual, I have searched numerous times online. The only thing I can find is that some 740's are v4 and some are v6. I don't know how to tell which mine is. Can anyone please help me? Should I just look around for cylinders in a v, and count?
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I have a 1992 Volvo 740 (non turbo) stationwagon and I have no idea if it's a v4 or v6!! I have read nearly the entire manual, I have searched numerous times online. The only thing I can find is that some 740's are v4 and some are v6. I don't know how to tell which mine is. Can anyone please help me? Should I just look around for cylinders in a v, and count?
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If you look under the hood (and assuming the car isn't some modern thing with plastic junk hiding the actual engine), you would see 2 heads & valve covers on a V engine and one on a inline. you would see 4 spark plugs and their wires on a 4 cylinder, and 6 on a 6 cylinder. if it was a V6, there would be 3 on each side. you'd also see 4 ports on the intake manifold of that 4 cylinder, and 6 on the 6 cylinder, ditto exhaust headers, the inline 4 would have 4 in a row on one side of the engine, while the V6 would have 3 on each side.
[of course, there are always exceptions to every rule.... Subaru and old Volkswagens use 'flat' or 'opposed' motors where there are two heads but they are directly opposite rather than in a 'V' configuration.... VW/Audi also had a VR6 engine which was sort of in between an inline and a V design... and there's a few other exotic designs]
[of course, there are always exceptions to every rule.... Subaru and old Volkswagens use 'flat' or 'opposed' motors where there are two heads but they are directly opposite rather than in a 'V' configuration.... VW/Audi also had a VR6 engine which was sort of in between an inline and a V design... and there's a few other exotic designs]
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