change the timing belt and the auxiliary belt


Thanks again to Janusz for this great information.
 
 

Michael,
Well this weekend's project was to change the timing belt and the auxiliary belt.
Since you have to remove one to get to the other, you might as well replace both of them.
I used Bay 13 instructions and replacing the timing belt was not that difficult.
However, instead (as Bay 13 suggested) trying to get the old belt out around the crankshaft pulley,
I simply cut it and saved myself time and effort.  Obviously you need to align all the pulleys before cutting!
Marks on the pulleys were clearly visible thus no problems there.
After aligning the pulleys I put the transmission into park (P) to prevent the crankshaft from rotating.
The hydraulic tensioner does not require 7" vice, it was only 3" to 4" long when removed and it didn't extend all that much after that.
I used 6" C-clamp to compress it (the clamp is also useful to compress front brakes' callipers) and locking the tensioner was the
biggest challenge, at the end a wire form a big paper clip worked the best.
New belt went in without too many problems, just couple of alignment adjustments on the intake camshaft pulley,
and rotating the engine by hand (big ratchet you might say) to check the alignment was quite a workout (move the gear selector into neutral when doing this).
The serpentine (auxiliary) belt is not difficult to replace.
The only problem is the tensioner.  Even if you move the tensioner with one hand you have only one left to work on the belt.
But Volvo engineers fixed the problem.   The tensioner assembly has a little hole on the moving part and a matching opening in the stationary one.
After moving the tensioner you can lock it with a little pin and have both hands to work on the belt.
And the ultimate test was to start the engine after all the work, hopefully without any terrible noises telling you that instead saving few hundred bucks
you now better splash few thousands on engine rebuild.
Well, the engine roared to life and I got all my 190 ponies back good for another 100,000 km.

Hope you and others will find the info useful.
Janusz


Thanks to Brad Reichert for this contribution, 2 Nov 2001;

I just got done doing t-belt and found it not to difficult except trying to get new belt around pulley and sprocket
messed around for 15min then pulled the 2 bolts for front motor mount out and jacked up motor and belt -slid right in
it seems to give you just a little more room.
thanks for the great website.
 



 
 

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