Re: pinking engine/ or sound as if over advanced by fn42 » 20 Jul 2012, 12:09 the tensioner is on the back (slack) end of the belt, as the engine is running it pulls on the side of the belt opposite the tensioner so it's unlikely that a misadjusted tensioner will cause any difference in the engine C...

Hi have had many volvo's in my life but this one is a bain of my life and is becoming a money pit problem is that when it's cold and in the u.k. thats been quite a lot this summer the engine seems great, but when it warms up or the temperture outside gets warmer it start to pink as if it over advanc...

many thanks this was doing my head in I
had a faulty interior tailgate light,
replaced but was still on,
BUT then notice after reading this post that the double
filament tail/brake light was blown
problem resolved
Hurrah