Ah ok. Not with the car now but pretty sure the bolts on the exhaust Cam are at the end of the slot.

Is there any way of doing this without having to Jack the car up, remove the wheel and turn the crank? If I can manage to get on to the crank from the top is that good enough?

Thanks Lee. So even though I didn't take the belt off I still need to do the pretension bit?

How do I check the sensors? I changed over the tensioner in the end but just pulled the old one off, kept the belt tight, and slipped the new one in. So it can't of gone out of timing. Given the issues with the previous tensioner (it had spun around a bit) is it possible for too much or too little t...

Hi Guys, I had some recent problems with a noisy pulley (see https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=76776) but that is all fixed now after replacing the tensioner pulley. It has been running fine, but this morning it threw up a CEL. I hooked up my OBD II dongle and read out the cod...

Hi Guys, Thought i would update you all on the final situation. Found records that show the timing belt etc was changed over at 80,000km so i'm still good on that for a while. Ordered in an idler pulley as that was cheap and quick. Went out to do the replacement this morning. Had a quick listen with...

Cool. So just an idler pulley.

As I can't definitely say when the belt/water pump/tensioner were last replaced would you suggest it's worth doing them all as well? The service records I have mention a drive belt change but the part number us the one for the serpentine belt, not the timing belt

Firstly, thank you all for your help. I finally got a chance (not dark, not raining and at home) to have a go with a piece of hose. The noise is loudest at the idler pulley for the timing belt. The others all sound pretty quiet. Interestingly though the same noise can be heard by holding the hose ab...

Ok, so first plan is to get the timing belt of and see how the tensioner, idler and water pump feel. How desperately important is it to have the cam lock tool to do that? like this https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.matthewsvolvosite.com/timing-belt-cam-locking-tool.jpg This video seems pretty clear on...

Hi Guys, First time posting here and first time Volvo owner. Have had Saabs before though, so that's kind of close right? We bought a 1999 C70 a year ago as a second car for when various parts of the family had to go two directions at the same time. Purchased with 184k kms on it and have put another...