What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

[RickHaleParker]

ECC lights are not blinking at me.

Not winking at you anymore .. it lost interest in you.

[abscate]

It’s almost stressful driving with no lights on the dash. I’ve been slaying lights in cars all year during Covid on Volvo’s and two flavors of Bavarian wasters

[mdr1220]

This adventure started with replacing a busted ps pump followed by thinking I had lawnmower syndrome, new starter and PNP switch and it still won't start. Pissed off now and do the one thing that I didn't do when it threw the belt when the ps pump exploded. Check the timing belt.....

[mdr1220]

Hopefully it will start once I put a new belt on and it didn't skip the timing. Any tips to make this as painless as possible? First time doing a Volvo 5 cylinder.

[amblerman]

Hopefully it will start once I put a new belt on and it didn't skip the timing. Any tips to make this as painless as possible? First time doing a Volvo 5 cylinder.

There are some great tutorials found here that I found helpful when I did my s70 for the first time. It was my first timing belt every and those tutorials plus videos got me through the job.
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Your car is different than mine in that you have the hydraulic tensioner and different power steering pump that would have made your job different.

Many guides report that you can get the timing belt off WITHOUT removing the crank pulley. That was not the case with my car as the fuel line is routed different than on your car. On my car it routs along frame near crank pulley and takes up space that would be required to remove belt.

However, if you do remove the crank pulley, you will have so much more room. You will need something significant to get the crank bolt out though.

[mdr1220]

Hopefully it will start once I put a new belt on and it didn't skip the timing. Any tips to make this as painless as possible? First time doing a Volvo 5 cylinder.

There are some great tutorials found here that I found helpful when I did my s70 for the first time. It was my first timing belt every and those tutorials plus videos got me through the job.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47793

Your car is different than mine in that you have the hydraulic tensioner and different power steering pump that would have made your job different.

Many guides report that you can get the timing belt off WITHOUT removing the crank pulley. That was not the case with my car as the fuel line is routed different than on your car. On my car it routs along frame near crank pulley and takes up space that would be required to remove belt.

However, if you do remove the crank pulley, you will have so much more room. You will need something significant to get the crank bolt out though.

Thanks amblerman. This forum has been a timesaver for me.

[bmdubya1198]

I've never needed to remove the crank pulley to install the timing belt, but it does make it easier. Check that everything lines up first, you might have gotten lucky. A leakdown test will confirm or eliminate valve damage before doing the work.

[mdr1220]

I've never needed to remove the crank pulley to install the timing belt, but it does make it easier. Check that everything lines up first, you might have gotten lucky. A leakdown test will confirm or eliminate valve damage before doing the work.

Thank you. I'm going to do the leakdown test after i replace the belt

[foggydogg]

I've never needed to remove the crank pulley to install the timing belt, but it does make it easier. Check that everything lines up first, you might have gotten lucky. A leakdown test will confirm or eliminate valve damage before doing the work.

Thank you. I'm going to do the leakdown test after i replace the belt

It's been too many years since I did the belt on my first 850, but one thing that helps give you a bit more room - on the 70 series too - is to jack up the motor, pull both bolts out of the motor mount, and if you have to, put a bolt back through the top hole into the bottom hole in the motor. If you have enough paraphernalia, and can just block off the motor with cribbing, take the mount off completely.
I couldn't find the crank gear mark on the Rescue R until I had it in my hands. The car was apart for a week, but some of that time was me having a man-to-man chat with various body parts, convincing them to lay down on the concrete again.

[foggydogg]

Busted pump removal

Holy mustache, I just stumbled onto this earlier post. Natty Boh Tall Boy ! You are a true Boy from Bal'mer !
That takes some of the pain out of the wrenching.