Happy ending - timing belt is on - it wasn't quite tight on the crank pulley as I thought it'd been - extra set of hands was helpful.
All is running well now.
Thanks for helping this novice fight my way through to the other side.
Always reminded to slow down, double check the work. Patience! When ...

Yes tensioner compressed with pin in - its a new part.

Thanks all.

I had a little streak of luck to make up for my novice mechanic skills - ebay had a reasonable priced brand new OEM replacement for the part I broke and I was able to get that bolt out with time and a small pair of vice grips.

So now I'm trying to finish what I started (and am coming ...

I went ahead and just ordered new 25 mm bolts since I was going to need one anyways. I agree its likely to be an issue. Its the top left bolt that snapped. I'm hopeful there will be enough thread that I can just grab it with a vice grip and back it out that way.

As for the fuel line. I've attached ...

Hi all,

This forum has been such an amazing resource - thanks for everything and thanks in advance for any support you might offer me as I untangle myself from some messes of my own creation. Context - I'm doing timing belt + water pump service on my 98 V70 T5. It's my first time doing it.

Pickle ...

I just did mine and fabricated my own out of copper tubing as detailed in this helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4tVJT1pjU

It was a little clunky to work with especially with the tight bend between intake manifold and engine so in retrospect I might have pursued one of the other mod ...

No complaints about our 0F in that case. AAA took a few hours this morning, and about 3 minutes to winch the car back on to the driveway. Glad my better half convinced me to let it be last night before the car took the polar plunge.

IMG-0213.JPG

This thread is making me feel better about last night.. couldn't make it up the driveway on first go... very slick, not atypical for this driveway (probably would benefit from an AWD vehicle)... got a little distracted in reverse on my way down to give it another go and ended up ...

Ha! Glad you were able to cross that bridge and post about it so we all could learn

And you need timing.

Check the metal plate the rotor mounts onto. It is possible to install it out of phase, then spark timing is completely off from compression cycles.

Easy-to-miss electrical connections include IAC and TPS.


Thank you! This was my issue. Whats funny/annoying is I actually ...