Hey thanks, that's what I wanted to hear, I gonna go this route first. As I said this is a summer project, no rush.

Yes, It is true, the serpentine belt started shredding in a long single thread. It got into the TB cover and wrapped around the timing belt sprocket. In fact it still has some threads wrapped around the crank going inside the oil seal. I was as amazed as you are that this could happen but trust me, ...

Hello. My first post here on MVS, thank you all in advance. I have a 2005 s40 which stopped running when the serpentine belt shredded and wrapped around the crank and caused the timing belt to skip, according to a Volvo shop I bring it to. Because of it's age and mileage (155k) they said not worth f...