Thank you for the suggestion. Good idea. Yes it absolutely is brutal and some were mentioning they need a special tool to get flywheel off so they don't want to deal with that. Do you or does anyone know if that's the case or anything else I need out of the ordinary? I think that is my best option. ...

Also, congratulations on accomplishing that flywheel job. No small feat! Many mechanics with established shops actually turned me down for the job

Hello everyone, I hope you and your cars are doing well and the car with the questionable flywheel discussed is doing great still. Unfortunately I have the same problem on my 2004 Volvo XC90 T6. For context, this is my second car, and I saved up a very long time to be able to afford a car in general...