Volvo 740/760/780

• Sold in the USA from 1983 through 1992 model year
• Available in 4 door sedan and 5 door station wagon variants
• Available in a 2 door sedan version only in the 780

Volvo 740 - 744, 745

• Sold in the USA from 1985 through 1992

Volvo 740 engine options:

• B230F
  • Available from 1985 through 1990
  • 2.3L normally aspirated gasoline 8V inline 4 cylinder OHC
  • Most were equipped with Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection but a Regina/Bendix electronic injection was available on base models from 1989 through 1992
• B230FT
  • Available from 1985 through 1992
  • 2.3L turbocharged gasoline 8V inline 4 cylinder OHC
  • Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection
• B234F
  • Available from 1989 through 1990
  • 2.3L normally aspirated gasoline 16V inline 4 cylinder OHC
  • Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection
• D24T
  • Volvo's documentation says there were some 740 models with 6 cylinder turbo diesels but they are far less common (See Volvo 760 below) 
  • Supposedly available from 1985 through 1986

Also see: How can I tell which version of Bosch LH Fuel Injection is on my Volvo 240?

Volvo 760 - 764, 765, GLE, Diesel

• Sold in the USA from 1983 through 1990 model year

Volvo 760 engine options:

• B23FT
  • 2.3L turbocharged gasoline inline 4 cylinder OHC w/ Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection
  • Available only in 1984
• B230FT
  • 2.3L turbocharged gasoline inline 4 cylinder OHC w/ Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection
  • Available from 1985 through 1990
• B28F
  • Available from 1983 through 1987
  • 2.8L normally aspirated gasoline PVR V6 w/ Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection
  • Commonly suffered from oiling issues resulting in extreme camshaft wear
• B280F
  • Available from 1987 through 1990
  • 2.8L normally aspirated gasoline PVR V6 w/ Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection.
  • This was a much improved version of the PVR engine that solved the oiling issues of the earlier version. Volvo's documentation states that this engine was available up until 1990 but we haven't seen any past early 1988.
• D24T
  • Available from 1983 through 1985
  • Volkswagen 2.4L turbocharged diesel inline 6 cylinder OHC
  • This engine is popular with the bio-diesel crowd
  • These engines tended to be very reliable to the point that they generally got ignored and didn't get maintained properly. Lack of maintenance (oil changes, injection pump timing adjustments and cooling system flushes) resulted in many of these engines eventually having the piston rings seize up resulting in a serious loss of compression and thus a no-start condition. Reports of overheating and cylinder head damage are also common.

Volvo 780 Bertone

• Sold in the USA from 1987 through 1991 model year
• Only 2 door version of the 700 series
• Only about 8,500 of these models were sold worldwide

Volvo 780 engine options:

• B280F 
  • Available from 1987 through 1990
  • 2.8L normally aspirated gasoline PVR V6 w/ Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection
• B230FT
  • Available from 1989 through 1991
  • 2.3L turbocharged gasoline inline 4 cylinder OHC w/ Bosch LH-Jetronic electronic fuel injection

Model information is based on the USA vehicle market. Other model variations may exist outside the USA.