Workshop Manual

Look on ebay, you should find people selling Volvo Vadis Manuals on DVD

Volvo v50 

:Banane45: I am in the same boat Have been looking for a workshop maunual for a volvo v50 diesel and have looked on ebay etc to no avail.

Thanks ptecuk I will try and get one of these Vadis DVDs, they seem to be only available on ebay. It seems that manufacturer now keep information to themselves. I believe that this is the front end for Ford dealers : I suppose one could pose as dealer, but you have to give a credit card because they seem to charge for the information. Perhaps it's then copyright or something since it doesn't seem to leak out.

it appears that the VADIS manual circulates across the net as a downloadable file VADIS_volvo (Volvo Aftersales Diagnostic Information System) see also here