Volvo 850 TDi on the dyno... 140 bhp when new, how much in 2023? 

Your going to have to change the name to Geoff Buys Brilliant Old Cars. With a note underneath The Green way to save the planet.

Im a swede and i DO NOT brake for greta at a crosswalk....

Fantastic result Geoff! Love the family holiday scenes too mate🔥

Brilliant Geoff. Just keep them coming mate 👍

I’m surprised at how good that sounds, smashing old bus 👍🏼

Nice. In my experience engines don’t necessarily lose power with miles, and usually if an engine is down on power it’s to do with carbon built up, or an electrical or fuelling issue rather than milage induced engine wear. I’ve pulled engines down with ridiculous miles on them with no measurable wear. Modern oils and materials are that good that power loss over time is only really a thing in engines that haven’t been looked after these days. P.s. I suspect that the pump timing being out is what has given you the extra power. I’m sure I remember it being a thing to advance the pump a smidge to get more power and let the engine pull better higher up the rev range on these engines but I could be mistaken. If that’s the case you’ve probably got a louder than normal idle. I just went on with myself, nobody has probably even read this comment 😂

Hi Geoff, I had this engine in a V70 TDI and that car seemed to fly for the supposed 140hp

Awesome result! You can't beat high mileage diesels! My 230,000 mile Jag X-type was still performing as new after 12 years of ownership before i crashed it! It's replacement a Merc C220 CDI Estate with a relatively minor 150,000 under it's belt has just averaged 69 mpg on a thousand mile camping holiday fully loaded. 10k oil change intervals with good oil and they just keep getting better as the motors loosen up!

Old volvos never dies if maintained properly

Love Chris🤩...Always smiling, honest and modest

Why do you love it? The holiday montage says so much 😊

Awesome result!

What a unit. Love it when these things happen.

Superb sound on top of a great result.

My first Volvo was a V70 tdi. Always been looked after by the previous owner. Bought it at around 170000 miles. It was a dream to drive. Still miss it until this day. It was so economical yet so cool and chill to drive!

Slowly becoming my absolute favourite RU-vid channel. Can easily watch your videos from start to end. Cheers mate!

That result doesn’t surprise me at all. A friend of mine and also a huge Volvo fanatic used to work for European haulage company that had a VW van with this engine that had done 1700000 km before got retired due to new regulations forcing companies in to buying ‘cleaner’ vehicles. I myself had a 1999 and 2000 V70’s with the same engine and did a lot of trips trough Europe without a single issue. Wish I had never sold mine😢

My old 850.tdi was the same no power loss and my old s80 d5 actually came in 9bhp over the stated bhp before the remap at Celtic tuning. But unfortunately had a cam belt tensioner fail.on the 850 so it's been sat on the drive past 18months shame as I loved that car.

Watched it now Geoff, what a ride! Love it, cannot wait to get my own D24, interesting it makes more power than a new VW transporter with the same engine

Thank you. I once had an old Wentworth. The model won the touring car championship. Big tow bar and no one tailgated me. No one tailgated me when I had an F reg Merc saloon either, despite no tow bar. Further back I had an old Nissan three door saloon. No one much cared about tailgating me as it wouldn't be much on their insurance.

Top result Geoff not really a test as its only just run in lol, what a result loved it cant wait to see these electric cars after 25 plus years most likely all recycled into cans. Top video once again.

Excellent Coldplay dis 😂

That's very interesting and must mean that your TDi has been looked after. Makes me want to get mine onto a dyno now to see what it gets

Old Greta was caught out the other day she said in 2018 the world would end in 5years .....if we didn't change our ways ,liking your content your getting me going..

sounded sweet.

Quite easy to adjust the waste gate spring so you make more boost. 😊

I had one of these TDA's- it's great as an automatic and when I sold these to custys, I always tried to bump them into getting an automatic.

That's a great result, so I would say that sometime in it's high miles life the engine has had a remap !

Brilliant family car

How dare you Geoff, i should be at school but instead i am here watching you tube videos. 😂😂

Love it!

90s Volvo Brick ❤

Top Job ❤ X

Brilliant result and just shows whats possible when spending practically nothing to buy a car !

still running a leon mk1 pd150 , mapped it not long after makes the car allot smother the turbo boost and that was 2011 i still get a buzz but use an additive as theirs some fuel out there that don't add additives to fuel or if they do its not as good as premium fuels

6.55 its like the millennium falcon revving up,

"There's a service light on the dashboard ..." - "... comes and goes!" That's a remark only a person in charge and knowing about the service state of their cars can make in such a manner. Congrats. You are of a dying breed. Even most men today go to their stealership when that service light comes on.

Man, I really wish we got diesel 850s here in the USA

Drop in to say hello any time you’re on the A7 near Valence Geoff 👍 Time fora Saab 9-5 Aero video mate 😉

Love a 5cyl diesel ❤️

You were meant to be going to Oostend!... haha...

Saving for later 👀😅

Result Geoff, You are supposed to use Vida to time the pump on these but i just use an old fashioned DTI gauge! I always go for a smidge advanced as they then start better from cold! 👍

Personally loved the Coldplay comment 😂

If you have a D5 it would be interesting to see how much power that makes.

Would love to know what my 1998 v70 tdi is like in comparison as still pulls like a train

Hi geoff or anyone im thinking off gatting rid of my mint E38 728I . For a volvo C70 T5 good or bad move .

With decat and egr blank should do around 150 ya

Great thumbnail 🤣

Well bedded in vw power ! Old cars rule!!

i had a m reg 850 T5 when i was 21 around 14 years ago. i paid 350 quid off a mate and it was well known for smoking all sorts around town. admittedly going up against ppl who couldnt drive but i smoked a corsa vxr at pod. still on here somwhere lol

How long did it take you to drive to the Algarve?

These old audi engine are known to be rather good. This dyno test proves that again. possibly it is already tuned!

You need Bosch KTS diagnostic tool to connect itand then you can set the timings correctly, remember Audi's are different and will not work!

Happy days glad to see poke in the old girl😂

And to think I treaded my 850 t5 for a skoda octavia estate it was rust free red like yours 😢😢.for £1500

Get Darkside on it!

Poor greta, she will be choking with tears ! not the Diesel fumes.

Hahaha bloody coldplay😅

So wish I’d kept mine.. 😢

if you want an easy way to make a little more power then you should slap an evry mod on it!

That's what you get when you look after your car and service it regularly. Impressive. So there's still a lot of life left in this old Swedish brick...

Perhaps its because its well worn in and nice and loose.

Gotta have been chipped?

Love the Greta thumbnail! Made me laugh, can you do a t-shirt of that please?

Evry mod 👍 but rolling coal is a side effect 🤦‍♂️✌️

You're stealing Greata's childhood you heathen. 😂

Sadiq Khan is as good as a Mayor as he is following his faith. Which he uses each time he gets called something racist or Islamophobic. He's as religious as a drunkard homeless on the streets. No offence to the drunkards. I've gone back to listen to that love letter for Jeremy Clarkson as it did something to me too. All the car journeys to Nans house. Shopping trips. School runs. The family car literally put the Great into our nation. This is what the government is against. You see they want to bring our children up. They want to make everything expensive so we can't spend any time together as a family. So everyone's constantly stressed and overworking. By then if something awful happens. We don't have anyone to speak to. Because we could spend enough time with family. Cars gone and the family ties are gone. All the rotten evil people have wormed their way to power and now are making the rules for us.

My air rifle pushes out 12 ft lbs....😅

💥💥💥💥🎆🎇🧨🥂🍻🍺🍾 That should put a spring in your step Geoff. Genuinely pleased for you kiddo. Proof that the oldies are the beasties and ev's are nothing more than Satan's toys. I have a 60 plate S204 and like you I love my weasel estate to bits. I've toyed with buying a newer one but I just don't like them. In my opinion they're just butt ugly. If I was filthy rich I'd only buy 60's and 70's cars and restore them to better than ticket condition. I know, dream on, one day the numbers'll come up and you and I will go shopping 😉😎 Gr8 holiday montage BTW. Mrs Geoff should have a seat in Westminster, she lies well 🤣😂🤣 A fiver indeed 😡

So I watch "RU-vid's most boring car channel", says a lot about me I guess.....thanks Geoff 😁

now try it with evrymod 😂

How dare you!!!

@12:36 Yes, Geoff but driving a rotten shell with a good engine and gearbox wouldn't make any sense.

OvvO

When volvos age they dont lose power, they gain power lol

Volvo, boxy, but good.

Volvo and Audi 5’s sound the best, followed by VR6 Volkswagens….then V8’s

Which diesel engine is this? OH, the Audi one. Lesson to self, watch to the end first!!

Volvo they used to be the best but new one's you need a big wallet

Diesel car cleaner running than petrol CO2 is biodegradable 100%

Don't be greedy Geoff. "Geoff Kills Cars"...not such a good title🥴

We also are going to die in 2023 when still using coal too, 8 years from 2015, And these climate activist just seem to walk about with no batteries not included in there brain cells, This car industry is on the verge of collapsing the way things are going as to thinking it's all going to be an Electric Dream.

FFS, Coldplay "The Scientist" what a god awfull song and group for that matter

hey wo wante see my nice v70 1998 tdi ? send mail