I am guessing the tensioner pulley went out, but I haven'y fully dove into finding the exact cause. Might start looking for a different vehicle. Replacing the head is probably not worth it since the car is only worth about $2500-3000. Thanks for your help everyone. I will go on with my sad Volvo ...

I went out and looked under the hood for a bit and noticed the timing belt had slipped off the cam gears. The belt itself is in good condition and only has about 50-60k miles on it (5 years or so old). When I last replaced the belt, I also replaced the tensioner. Not sure how this can happen. I am ...

I own a 2000 Volvo S70 AWD with about 180k miles on it. Today, all of a sudden my car started making a very loud engine noise. See below youtube video. Its very strange because I stopped at a store to pick something up for 5 minutes, came out and started my car to witness this noise. Before stopping ...

I have been through tons of forums looking at the seafoam treatment for various Volvo models, which all seem to be slightly different than my model. Most other models mentioned in the forums make mention of the vacuum tree, which mine doesn't have. The other posts all seem to be using the liquid ...

I have a 1999 Volvo V70 XC with 185000 miles that has a whining noise that seems to be coming from the passenger side front wheel area. The noise is only heard when the vehicle is in motion. The weird thing is that the noise comes and goes. Half the time, I cannot hear anything, but all of a sudden ...

The CVVT solenoid is known to fail. Before changing I would remove solenoid and inspect the screen on the gasket for blockage. If you get a serviceable original used solenoid P/N 1275579 it is a direct plug and play. If you get a new solenoid P/N 36002695 you will need to do some light wiring ...

When I purchased the vehicle, there was a service record of the timing belt being replaced around 100k.

Hello Everyone,

My 1999 Volvo V70 XC (180k miles) has a P0014 code “Cam Position Activator B, Bank 1, Timing Over Advance" and I am looking for some advice on what to fix. I have owned the car for about 5 years / 50k miles and the code just appeared recently. I haven't done anything with the timing ...

Great information here. To answer an earlier poster's question, I did do a full oil change, so all of the oil in there is full synthetic. I feel much more at ease now based on what I am hearing. I just wanted to be sure. The last thing I wanted is my precious S70 to start having engine issues after ...

Over the weekend, I accidentally added in full synthetic oil to my 2000 S70 with 167,000 miles. I changed oil at my fathers garage, and I wasn't paying attention and grabbed synthetic from the shelf by accident. I did a search for some answers, but was getting mixed opinions. Will this cause any ...