1. General information
The present manual is a grant on maintenance and car repairs of Volvo S40/V40 with four-cylinder petrol engines with a working volume of 1741 cm3 and 1948 cm3 of 1996 — 2000 model years.
The management intends for employees of the centers and service stations and repair shops, and also for technically prepared motorists. Therefore in some cases the device of units, mechanisms and systems is stated without excessive specification, and an order of maintenance and repair it becomes easy clear when reading the text or studying illustrations.
Technical characteristics of units, mechanisms and systems of the car are given in the Management and recommendations about performance of work about maintenance and repair are made.
In the Management the design is reflected in basic option. Therefore depending on modification and year of release of the car the design of separate knots and units, and also a design and an arrangement of some elements of electric equipment can differ from described in the Management.