Improve Volvo 960 Timing Belt

Replacing the timing belt on an early 960 with a belt off the later cars. The belt is wider, changes are at longer intervals and it is DIY-able. Good pictures help. “One of the worries about driving an early 960 … Continue reading →

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1. Broken Timing Belt
2. Camshaft Pulley When Doing a Timing Belt
3. Poor Performance after Timing Belt Change

Volvo In Bad Shape? Taking a Trip? Read This.

Should I Try a Long Roadtrip in my 850? Comments, suggestions and advice on what to do before you leave on a long trip in a Volvo with high miles, and perhaps one that is not in the best condition. … Continue reading →

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1. Trip Report
2. Almost 40MPG in a Volvo S70!
3. How to Read Actual Miles from the ECU

Volvo 240 Wagon Timing Belt Replacement

The tensioner is a spring loaded eccentric held by the center fastener. You’ll have to pry this outward and tighten the nut to hold it while routing the belt. Loosening and tightening the tensioner nut will set it in place. … Continue reading →

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1. 850 Turbo Timing Belt, Water Pump Replacement Marathon
2. Volvo S80 Timing Belt Tips
3. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?

Getting my V70 Back to Stage 0

Restoring a free ’98 V70 (B5254T = light pressure turbo, 190 hp engine) to a generally dependable condition, suitable for around town and highway drives. This topic mostly speaks to the timing belt replacement and which parts are to be … Continue reading →

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1. 850 Turbo Timing Belt, Water Pump Replacement Marathon
2. Oil in Water
3. Instructions w/pics: Changing Timing Belt/Water Pump/Tensioner

Cam Adjustment Documentation & Advice

The MVS Directory of Cam Adjustment This is the repository of everything we at MVS Forums know about setting, advancing and retarding timing on Volvo inline-5 engines for performance, and for standard factory settings after a timing belt change. This … Continue reading →

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1. Timing Mark Alignment and Adjustment
2. Volvo 850/S70/V70 Cam Adjustment Tool
3. Where are adjustment points for front alignment

Timing Mark Alignment and Adjustment

I obsessed over it too and in the end, and after taking an entire day setting and resetting, I just went with it. I couldn’t get it spot on. Some folks can. If you rotated and nothing hangs up you … Continue reading →

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1. Where are adjustment points for front alignment
2. 2002 V40 Crank Timing Mark – Where is it?
3. 1997 Volvo S90 Timing Marks

Timing Belt Replacement Tips Volvo 740

Tips, notes and suggestions (with a graphic illustration!) on changing the timing belt on a Volvo 740. Good stuff by longtime MVS Forum members. Timing belt Volvo 740 Related posts:Notes on Changing the Timing Belt Volvo S80 Timing Belt Tips … Continue reading →

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1. Notes on Changing the Timing Belt
2. Volvo S80 Timing Belt Tips
3. Really ignorant question about timing belt replacement

Volvo 6-cylinder VVT engine: Cam Settings

Here’s how our very sharp Forum Moderator JDS60R does the very important lining-everything-up work on a Volvo 6-cylinder VVT engine (S80 and some others). This is generally done during a timing belt change. Lock cams. Loosen outer pulley 3 bolts. … Continue reading →

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1. Timing Belt Tensioner How To?
2. Replace Thermostat Volvo 850, S70, V70, C70 or XC70
3. Replace Upper Engine Mount w/ OEM Bushing

850 Turbo Timing Belt, Water Pump Replacement Marathon

Most of our time was spent on getting the timing marks to line up. We kept getting one tooth off and had to reset the tensioner three times. You can do that fairly quickly if you turn the vise a few degrees till you get resistance, wait a moment, turn again, repeat until it's back in. I suppose some sort of hydraulic goo is in there that needs to squish back in through a baffle or something. Continue reading →

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1. Instructions w/pics: Changing Timing Belt/Water Pump/Tensioner
2. S80 Timing Belt Questions
3. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?

Timing belt tensioner part# differs for 2004 R cars

2004 R Volvos Need a Special Blue Tensioner When it’s time to replace the timing belt on your 2004 Volvo R car — S60 R or V70 R — make sure the shop (or you) puts the correct tensioner on. … Continue reading →

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1. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?
2. Timing Belt Tensioner How To?
3. Instructions w/pics: Changing Timing Belt/Water Pump/Tensioner

In-car valve stem seals replacement

No More Blue Smoke An outstanding writeup on changing the valve seals and the camshaft seals. Thanks woah! 1996 Volvo 850, 160K miles, with high oil consumption, high hydrocarbons in the California smog test, and, in addition to occasional stinkiness, … Continue reading →

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1. Rear Wheel Bearing Replacement
2. Cam Seal & Sensor Replacement Tutorial With Photos
3. Headlight Washer Valve Fix

Timing Belt Change

Anyway, I spent all day yesterday on just getting parts off of the timing area. The water pump, idler pulley and tensioner was easy- the hard one was the tensioner pulley…the 25T Torx (some claim it’s actually a T27) is … Continue reading →

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1. Volvo S80 Timing Belt Tips
2. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?
3. Really ignorant question about timing belt replacement

2002 V40 Crank Timing Mark – Where is it?

I’m putting my V40 back together after a timing belt, water pump, cam and crank seal replacement. I have an electronic copy of the factory manual (2004 edition) and the crank timing mark is not what I have. I have … Continue reading →

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1. 1997 Volvo S90 Timing Marks
2. S80 Timing Belt Questions
3. Time for a timing belt on S70, and other things…

Poor Performance after Timing Belt Change

I just had my 90,000 mile service on my 2001 S40 1.9T. The timing belt was changed and i got a tune up. Now the transmission doesn’t down shift unless you totally floor it and it doesn’t feel like the … Continue reading →

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1. Crankshaft Pulley – Timing Belt – Poor Idle and Drivability
2. Volvo 960 Timing Belt Change
3. Camshaft Pulley When Doing a Timing Belt

S80 Timing Belt Questions

1. Make sure your timing marks all line up before removing the belt! 2. After installing the new belt, rotate your engine two full turns by hand (turn the 30mm nut with a wrench; socket extensions help here) and verify … Continue reading →

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1. Time for a timing belt on S70, and other things…
2. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?
3. Broken Timing Belt

Instructions w/pics: Changing Timing Belt/Water Pump/Tensioner

I just got done with a LONG day of working on the Volvo. I feel like I got into a fist fight with the thing. Anyway, I replaced the timing belt, TB tensioner, TB Idler, TB roller, and waterpump while … Continue reading →

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1. Notes on Changing the Timing Belt
2. Timing Belt: Determine Which Tensioner You Need
3. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?

1997 Volvo S90 Timing Marks

1997 S90 with DOHC Timing Mark I am doing valve repairs after a broke timing belt. while I have the head off I can see that the timing mark on the crank does not have the number one piston at … Continue reading →

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1. Broken Timing Belt
2. Volvo 940 8 Valve Broken Timing Belt
3. Time for a timing belt on S70, and other things…

Broken Timing Belt

I just can’t take it anymore. I have been a member of this forum for a while and everytime the topic of a timing belt comes up, the ususal suspects proclaim that a broken belt means the end of an … Continue reading →

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1. Volvo 940 8 Valve Broken Timing Belt
2. T-stat, Timing Belt Change Costs
3. Bad luck with timing belt on 1998 V70 XC

Time for a timing belt on S70, and other things…

DIY Timing Belt Thoughts and Insights The vibration damper does not need to come off. However, you do need to remove a small black plastic cover around the bottom of the crankshaft (2 bolts). It’s there to keep dust/dirt off … Continue reading →

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1. Camshaft Pulley When Doing a Timing Belt
2. Timing belt hits its cover
3. Notes on Changing the Timing Belt

Really ignorant question about timing belt replacement

Why a belt and not a Chain? Why exactly does the timing belt have to be replaced every 70k miles on the ’98 v70? More-so, is it not possible for someone to make better-quality parts that would last longer? Or … Continue reading →

-- Volvo Forum and Help for Volvo Owners since 2001

1. Replace Timing Belt Tensioner?
2. Volvo 940 8 Valve Broken Timing Belt
3. T-stat, Timing Belt Change Costs