1993 945 with B230FD..?

I've been looking at used 940s and found one with a nicely clean B230FD. But should that engine be in this car? Also, the distributor looks to be in a different location than the B230F or am I seeing things? Thank you!

Where is the distributor? Is it at the rear of the camshaft or at the front of the engine? Whichever, the "D" refers to a slightly different sub-version of the standard "F" engine (USA/Canada market). The F is of lower power than the E version due to emission regulations in the USA/Canada markets. The "D" will usually refer to a minor difference for a specific market. For example, B230FK means that a Low Pressure Turbo is fitted compared to B230FT which denotes a standard Turbo. All the best, Peter. :car-smiley-031:

Thanks, Peter. The distributor was at the rear of this engine. Which I thought was odd, since another 1993 940 I viewed the same day had the distributor at the front of the engine - and this was a typical round distributor cap.

That may be due to a replacement engine being fitted of possibly B230E (or ET) type. This engine is not normally available in the USA/Canada. It may even have been a rebuild from a 740 or 760 GLE Turbo. The distributor should be as you saw it, at the rear of the camshaft. All the best, Peter. :car-smiley-031:

Peter, that still leaves open the question of why the other 1993 940 I viewed had the distributor at the front. And, it was a round cap opposed to a linear cap.

From what I can gather all 7/900's with the redblock engine had the distributor at the back of the cylinder head EXCEPT those with the Regina ignition system.

for the sake of clarity: the B230FD was clearly marked on the timing cover of the engine in question. I don't know how to explain that, exactly.... it may have come from Canada (but Canada did not receive these engines?)

From what little info I have on the 'FD' it appears to have the same cam, pistons, cyl head, etc as the 'F' and uses LH2.4 inj and EZ-116K ign like the non Regina 'F's. It doesn't appear to have been introduced until 1993 and then dropped for the 1995MY as were all normally aspirated redblocks. This is purely a guess, but I wonder if Volvo renamed the EZ-116K 'F' to 'FD' to distinguish it from the Regina models? Oh, and I forgot to mention the '83/'84 760 Turbo as also having the dizzy on the block as they had the older B23ET engines.