2000 s70 glt (turbo) rear cam seal job - done

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I replaced the rear cam seal for my 2000 volvo s70 glt se the other day and it was an easy job. It was a little different for my model year versus most of the write-ups out there because I do not have a distributor (my car has individual coil packs on top of the head). Thus, I only had to do one seal - the exhaust cam. The exhaust cam's rear cam seal (the cam by the firewall) was leaky forever and I never realized what the problem was, or how easy it was to fix.

**Use the general approach of the videos and write-ups you have already seen. Disconnect the battery. I left mine in but you may want to remove it. I removed the plastic covers on the top of the engine. You might not have to.
**Remove the airbox. I was unable to remove the MAF from my intake tube (stiff old plastic, didn't want to break it), so I just flexed it out of the way once the giant airbox was out. I also removed the snorkle tube from behind the headlight to the airbox.
**Remove the top engine mount (four 14mm bolts, and the bolt with nut that goes horizontally through the mount). This is shown in PHOTO 1

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**Now you see that there is an aluminum bracket/cover bolted to the block/head which is covering the cam position sensor cover, which is covering the rear cam seal. There is a bunch of stuff (engine hoisting eye, vacuum lines, etc) bolted to that aluminum bracket/cover. Remove the bolts holding that stuff on (PHOTO 2).

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**Now you may remove the 3 bolts holding the aluminum bracket/cover to the block/head (PHOTO 3).

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**About now you realize why you couldn't see the leak - it is under so much stuff!
**The aluminum bracket/cover has pins which position it on the block - after you have removed all 3 bolts, wiggle and pry it to get it off the pins. You can see the pins sticking out of the block in PHOTO 4.

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Now the rear cam seal cover/cam sensor cover is exposed. Remove it.

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** PHOTO 5 shows the cover removed and all the oil inside.

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PHOTO 7 is the same, different angle.
**Remove the 10mm bolt holding the cylindrical piece to the end of the cam. This exposes the seal. Mine was sticking out slightly but I couldn't grab it. I have read about drilling a screw into the seal and pulling it out with that, but I couldn't fit my drill in there, and that seemed a little excessive. Mine pried out easily. You have to know how to pry though. I jabbed a pointy "pick" in near the middle, directed outward, and pried against the camshaft. PHOTO 8 shows what I did, on my work bench. It actually came out really easily.

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**installation is the reverse. I fully seated my new seal so it was sunken in about 2mm. I used the SKF Grease Seal 11809. I got it on ebay from pepboys, delivered for $10. Supposedly this is the OEM seal. When I called NAPA, the numbers didn't cross-match to my year and model, but it worked perfectly.

There you have it. Hope this helps someone.

I have now sold my car, so I will not be posting here anymore.