Timing Belt Change and Dies when Warm... Help?

[zyanmayfield]

Hi Everyone,

I need a little help figuring out which direction to go... I changed the timing belt and components on my 1996 Volvo 850 GLT, thought I had the timing on. drove around the block worked fine. It sat for a couple of days as the weather was nice and I biked. Then the battery was dead when I tried to use it. I decided to just grab a new battery since the one in there was almost 11 years old. Went to the store later that night and it died/lost power and stalled when it warmed up. I waited and then got it home when it cooled. couldn't work on it for a few days and next time I took a look at it the new battery was completely dead also, so i figure there must be some drain.

I did the timing again cause it looked like I might have been off 1 tooth possibly. Took 3 tries of setting it, it seemed to keep jerking one tooth over whenever I pulled the pin on the tensioner. But I finally got what looks like all 3 lines aligned and have the same problem again.

Any guesses as to my problem or what you would test first? Thanks for any help!

I should add it ran perfectly fine before timing belt change. It has new fuel pump not to long ago. No check engine light has come on which seems weird...

[cn90]

Timing Belt job is unrelated.

Stalled when warm: probably ECT issue.

New battery dead: probably bad alternator, check the alternator output.

[erikv11]

Check the positive battery cable end - does it get hot after the car has been running for a little while? Very common problem, that would explain the battery issues.