I'll be checking all this as soon as it stops raining on every single day off! Finally getting warm enough to work outside again in Buffalo.

2007 XC90 3.2. Currently showing 205,388 miles on the odometer. I've had this car for about 8 months or so, and absolutely love it. Just ran a 5000 miles road trip from New York to Arizona and back, and had a few weird issues along the way. First the tire pressure warning system kept coming on but t...

It would be good to get an answer on this thread! I have a 2007 XC90, and had to replace the serpentine and pulleys in a parking lot. Took me several days working an hour or so at a time, so I would unhook the battery while working on it, then hook it up so I could lock up the tools and parts while ...

So she's up and running, lots of thanks to pgill and his many links and suggestions! Now only one problem left. Apparently the thermostat stuck open even though it only heated up the one time before I shut it off. So no heat... in the winter in Buffalo. 😅 At least I know a ton more about this thing ...

Once again... nevermind. I'm too used to having a big crankshaft pulley. Freaked me out for a minute that the "alternator pulley" wouldn't spin. Then I stared thinking like a diesel mechanic and figured out it was the gear drive for everything. Duh.

Is this supposed to turn freely? Because it doesn't.

Going back together today. Wish me luck.

Thanks. Because of the ABS pump and brake lines I've got zero room to drill it out. I burned up my dremel trying to knock the top off of it as well. Today I broke down and pulled the entire pump, brought it home and got the bolt out of it sitting at my kitchen table (much to my wife's consternation)...

That little T20 torx bolt on the pulley stripped out. I'm so frustrated right now I could, and have, screamed. Any ideas or does the pump come out with the decoupler? I think I'm going to have to pull the whole thing.

My first year living here the lake dumped 8 feet of snow on most of the area in about two days. I lived north of that, only got about 5 inches and was forced to keep working every day. Not even the road to work was shut down on my end of town. The rest of the place was down two weeks. Houses had roo...