That's exactly what I was thinking of doing, erikv11. Although I don't have any used parts lying around and I can't use the belt that's on there because it seems that 4 or 5 of the rubber teeth got sheered off. Besides that, the rest of the belt is fine. I guess what I meant by the belt being fine ...

Yeah...that's what I figured...

Last week, I noticed an intermittent grinding noise coming from the engine bay of my 98 V70 XC. I ignored it (big mistake) and drove it the next day, only to find out what it was. It seems my water pump seized up. When this happened, it caused the timing belt to come loose (not break) and the engine ...

Thanks a lot guys. I'll have a look and see what I find.

I'm trying to diagnose where my oil leak is coming from on my '98 XC. I've had the oil cooler lines replaced, which I knew were leaking but it's still leaking pretty badly from somewhere else. I'm losing about a quart every week and a half. Anyway, it seems to be coming from the passenger side of ...

My 98 V70XC is intermittently making a loud banging noise while driving. It sounds as though it's coming from the rear of the car but I'm not entirely sure. My first thought was that it was the transmission but it seems to shift fine while driving and the noise only occurs after the car is settled ...

I have been having this exact same problem on my '98 XC and just had the o rings replaced by my local volvo dealer's mechanics. The problem is that while driving yesterday after I picked the car up from the dealer, the oil light came on again and stayed on for a few minutes. I reached my destination ...

Yeah, that's exactly what mine is doing, ecbsykes! But the guy I bought it from had the PS pump replaced already which is what had me baffled as to the problem. Do the PS pumps fail regularly in these cars?

Oh sorry, I guess it would help to mention what kind of fluid I'm using! I am definitely using ATF. When I got the car it was making the same noise, and I changed the PS fluid (which was brown at that time) and it stopped making the noise. I'm sure I don't have any leaks because whenever I change ...

I have a 1998 V70 XC and for some reason I have to replace the power steering fluid about every three weeks. It begins to make a creaking noise when I turn the steering wheel and sometimes the power steering will hesitate when turning. It feels like the steering wheel jerks, kind of like it's ...