All Topics  
Volvo B18 engine

 
Volvo B18 Engine

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Volvo B18 engine
 
 
  Topics Volvo B18 engine Topic Home

This B18 was a straight-4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
 automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 engine produced by Volvo Cars
Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automaker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden — and currently owned by Ford Motor Company....
 from 1961 through 1968. The five-bearing, cam-in-block
Cam-in-block

The cam-in-block valvetrain layout of piston engines is one where the camshaft is placed within the cylinder block, usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine....
 engine, had overhead valve
Overhead valve

An overhead valve engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of piston engine that places the camshaft in the cylinder block and uses pushrods or rods to actuate rocker arm above the cylinder head to actuate the poppet valve....
s operated by pushrods. The B18 is quite different in design from its predecessor, the three-bearing B16.

These engines are often quoted as very durable.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Volvo B18 engine'
Start a new discussion about 'Volvo B18 engine'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Volvoinbeetle
This B18 was a straight-4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
 automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 engine produced by Volvo Cars
Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automaker founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden — and currently owned by Ford Motor Company....
 from 1961 through 1968. The five-bearing, cam-in-block
Cam-in-block

The cam-in-block valvetrain layout of piston engines is one where the camshaft is placed within the cylinder block, usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine....
 engine, had overhead valve
Overhead valve

An overhead valve engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of piston engine that places the camshaft in the cylinder block and uses pushrods or rods to actuate rocker arm above the cylinder head to actuate the poppet valve....
s operated by pushrods. The B18 is quite different in design from its predecessor, the three-bearing B16.

These engines are often quoted as very durable. The world's highest mileage car, a 1966 Volvo P1800
Volvo P1800

The Volvo P1800 is a sports car from Volvo Cars....
, has run all its more than 4,000,000 km (2,700,000 miles) on its original B18 engine.

B18


The B18 displaced 1.8 L (1778 cc/108 in³) and was used in the Volvo PV544, 120 (Amazon)
Volvo Amazon

The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 until July 3 1970 at the company'sTorslandaverken — with 667,323 examples produced....
, P1800
Volvo P1800

The Volvo P1800 is a sports car from Volvo Cars....
 and 140
Volvo 140

Volvo Cars began manufacturing the Volvo 140 series at Torslandaverken in the late summer of 1966 for model year 1967 and production continued through model year 1974....
 series. The B18 could also be found in the L-3314
Volvo L-3314

Volvo Laplander L3314 is the base model of a range of military vehicles produced by Volvo Cars.In the early 1950s Volvo got an order to develop a new utility vehicle for the Swedish Army....
 and the Bandvagn 202
Bandvagn 202

Bandvagn 202 is a tracked, all-terrain vehicle developed by Bolinder-Munktell, a subsidiary of Volvo, for the Swedish Army.The vehicle is formed of two rubber Kegresse track units with a multi-directional pivot in between....
 military vehicles. It was fitted to many Volvo Penta
Volvo Penta

Volvo Penta is a subsidiary and a business area of the Volvo Group. It provides engines and complete power systems to leisure boats, workboats, power generation equipment and similar industrial applications....
 sterndrive
Sterndrive

The sterndrive, or stern drive, is also called inboard/outboard , and is a form of marine Marine propulsion. The engine is located inboard just forward of the transom and delivers power via a shaft that goes through the transom to the drive unit located outside the Hull , which resembles the bottom half of an outboard....
 marine propulsion systems.

There are actually four variations of this engine, B18A (the single carburetor
Carburetor

A carburetor or carburettor , is a device that blends Earth's atmosphere and fuel for an internal combustion engine. It was invented by Karl Benz before 1885 and patented in 1886....
 version), B18B (dual carburetor version fitted variously with dual SU
SU carburetor

SU carburettors were a brand of carburettor usually of the sidedraught type but downdraught variants were used on some pre-war cars. They were widely used in British and Swedish automobiles for much of the twentieth century....
 or Zenith/Stromberg
Zenith Carburetters

Zenith Carburetters was a British company making carburetor. In 1955 they joined with their major pre-war rival Solex Carburettors and over time the Zenith brand name fell into disuse....
 sidedraft carburetors), B18C (the version fitted in the gasoline powered versions of the Volvo BM 320 tractor
Tractor

File:John Deere 3350 tractor cut.JPGA tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction....
) and B18D (also dual carburetor but with a lower compression ratio
Compression ratio

The compression ratio of an internal-combustion engine or external combustion engine is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion chamber; from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity....
).

B20


The B20 displaced 2.0 L (1986 cc/121 in³) and was produced in the 1960s and 70s. It was used from 1968 to 1976 in the Volvo 120
Volvo Amazon

The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 until July 3 1970 at the company'sTorslandaverken — with 667,323 examples produced....
, 1800
Volvo P1800

The Volvo P1800 is a sports car from Volvo Cars....
, 140
Volvo 140

Volvo Cars began manufacturing the Volvo 140 series at Torslandaverken in the late summer of 1966 for model year 1967 and production continued through model year 1974....
, C202
Volvo L-3314

Volvo Laplander L3314 is the base model of a range of military vehicles produced by Volvo Cars.In the early 1950s Volvo got an order to develop a new utility vehicle for the Swedish Army....
 and 240 series, and also in the Haubits 77 Bofors
Bofors

The name Bofors has been associated with the iron industry for more than 350 years. Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, it originates from the hammer mill "Boofors" founded 1646....
 howitzer
Howitzer

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece that is characterized by a relatively short Barrel and the use of comparatively small explosive charges to propel projectiles at trajectories with a steep angle of descent....
. The design is quite similar to the predecessor B18 and many parts are interchangeable.

The later B20E and B20F versions featured Bosch
Robert Bosch GmbH

Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a German diversified technology-based corporation which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany....
 fuel injection
Fuel injection

Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in gasoline Automobile engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
 (both electronic D-Jetronic
Jetronic

Jetronic is a trade name for a type of fuel injection technology marketed by Robert Bosch GmbH from the 1960s forward. Bosch licensed the concept to many automobile manufacturers....
 and later with mechanical K-Jetronic
Jetronic

Jetronic is a trade name for a type of fuel injection technology marketed by Robert Bosch GmbH from the 1960s forward. Bosch licensed the concept to many automobile manufacturers....
), larger valves, and intake/exhaust ports. Output was raised to 124 hp (DIN) (92 kW) in B20E, slightly lower in B20F because of stricter emission control and lower compression. All B20 engines displace 1986 cc from 88.9 mm bore and 80 mm stroke.

Some 240 models were offered with the "metric", eight bolt, 2.0 liter pushrod B20 motor as standard equipment.

Despite their pushrod design, the engines can rev to 7,000 rpm.

See also

  • List of Volvo engines
    List of Volvo engines

    Volvo Cars has a long reputation as a maker of reliable straight engines.When Volvo started in 1927 they ordered the engines from the engine manufacturer Volvo Penta in Sk?vde....