Hi . My mobile mechanic came over today to do a full cam belt / water pump change. He’s got the cam lock tool required etc. I got an SKF kit for him to fit. He got so far and found there is ‘lateral play’ on the intake pulley (the VVT one in my case). He wasn’t happy to continue as feared such play ...

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Yeh it's a great saving ain't it? My kit was around 200 euros all in. The 'recommended garage quoted over 800 euros.

Well , we (rightly or wrongly) went up on the big bracket thing on the passenger side ( for you guys) drive shaft. Just went up another centimetre and the pan slipped in easily

It's done, took me 11 days this one! Anyways, rolling not leaking and another jobby ticked off of the list!
Phew, that was hard!

Hi. Job done finally. Asked an oppo to come over to assist. Took him 5 mins of looking and he just said, "jack it there" .
We did and it slipped in a treat.
So far no leaks and alls good
Phew.

Did my N/A 20v a few months back. I got an SKF kit including waterpump. This did not contain the hydraulic tensioner, so got this from Parts for Volvo & it is a Professional Parts Sweden one. Aux belt tensioner is a Febi-Bilstein. You do not need a special tool to release the aux belt. Just a bi...

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Hi All. Following finding quite a major oil leak at the sump to engine join, I decided to follow the fab 'how-too' on here for sump seals replacement. I have the sump off & have replaced the seals . Now I just cannot work out how to get the flippin' thing back on. Into my third day of trying now...

Just needed to get the engine a little higher! Enough again for today! http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk165/Paul480/Volvo%20850/06561F24-E894-4B23-84EB-98B5E367C059_zpswvt98cpf.jpg http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk165/Paul480/Volvo%20850/15BE3A6D-58B7-42C3-904B-8BDAAEC36453_zps0tnbvm1o.jpg S...