Hi to all; Been a while since last I posted! I'm in need of having a water pump and timing belt replaced on my big old 850, and it's something that, frankly, I'm scared to tackle. I recall something that comedian Norm McDonald once said regarding the sport of cliff diving; he said (in effect), "...

Yeep. The IPD version runs about $100 more than the FCP version, give-or-take-ish, because you DO have to buy the water pump separately... On the other hand, I don't want to invest in something less-than-good, and then have to do the whole mess again in a relatively short time. What I can't help won...

All good stuff to know. I found this FCP kit: FCP 850 Timing Belt Kit Info ...and was curious as to whether or not it was the ultimate, A-1 choice to get. Of course, if it's not as super-duper as one might hope... well, I'm open to suggestions, and would sure appreciate a couple. I guess I'm talking...

Well, I guess that answers my questions! :lol: No further convincing needed; one way or the other, things obviously need to be changed out. I'll re-read that series of posts about how to do it, and decide from there if I feel up to the task or not. I agree with the consensus of changing whatever you...

OK. I got the belt cover off, and, while it's still hard to see down in there, I'm content (loosely speaking!) to surrender that this is probably the water pump. After getting the cover off, there's a slow, steady drip--as if the cover itself was helping to hold some of the fluid, which is probably ...

I'm off work tomorrow, it's supposed to be sunny and not god-awful cold here, so I plan to take that cover off and see what I can see. I think I'm on friendly enough terms with some mechanics that I could supply the parts to them, BUT... there's still that deer-in-the-headlights issue when the words...

UPDATE: That leak is definitely not just oozing from a bad hose connection. I was going to do more detailed surgery--get the timing belt cover off and so forth, as documented here--but I just couldn't get that done today. Frankly, I'm wondering strongly if this is something where I'll need to bite t...

Thanks for the input! I'll have some time to check into this further tomorrow. I guess I'll just have to put more coolant in the overflow tank, start it up and shut it off, and deal with the spray of coolant! Maybe if I buy some of those pads like you use when potty training a puppy and lay 'em down...

Hi to all, and happy new year! Weird thing, and I did a search on here for similar problems--found a few, but they all seem to be related to V70s, and not totally describing my situation. I just discovered a pretty substantial coolant leak on my 850, that ONLY seems to happen AS SOON AS I SHUT OFF T...

Had you pulled the radio unit out to check on anything prior to turning it on? I know that sometimes people write the radio codes on masking tape, and stick it on the "inner body" of the radio. I pulled mine out, had similar symptoms to yours (though mine isn't a CD player, and THAT part d...