Any one wishing to replace their timing belt should note that you do NOT have to remove the crank pulley to do this job. There is a thin black plastic cover , located behind / under the crank pulley ( @ 23:30 ). The 2 x M6 bolts that hold it in place are located at 3 O'clock & 5 O' clock, remove these & the cover will "slide" out with a bit of a wiggle on the 5 cylinder version, the 6 cyl has a slightly different shroud and also has some fastenings around the 9 O'clock position. This gives the required room to remove & replace the belt. Also the ECU shroud top and middle section are easy to remove, just 2 clips on each section. Also the radiator header tank & power steering reservoir merely unclip from the body, and are easily moved to one side, this gives a lot of room to get to the water pump & cam belt tensioner.
Excellent! Glad to help. Head to ipdusa.com or give them a call if you want to upgrade the thermostat bypass tube from plastic to Aluminum. My repair is a bit redneck but I’m glad at least gives you some insight which are in for. Bless✌🏼🙂 Edit: you may have to buy a new thermostat housing as I think the plastic ones break off the threads. Can’t remember off the top of my head, but they do have the upgrade flavor over there for you to look into
Finally someone make t6 video belt kit change..got trouble with my 2001 t6🤦🏻♂️ oil get to expansion tank coolant ..car can’t run over 40km and the water hot came out at the expansion tank🤦🏻♂️ please make more video
You are more confident than I am. I would have tried to fire it as soon as I had the belt back on to make sure my water pump wasn't leaking. Thanks for posting.
Got a 2002 S80 2.9 Turbo T6 couple weeks ago and changed the water pump today, came across your video looking for assistance on the time belt. But yes water pump replacement on these is a pain 😅
Ohh you got the 2.9 T6 as well! You’ll love it. The car will feel a lot more nimble than the feel of heavy tank version of a typical Volvo. But I guess it comes to the cost of all that horsepower now there’s no room left front of the hood lol.🤣
They probably ground down the name because they don't want to pay royalties to the car maker. Just my 2 cents. That was quite a job. Now I can understand why car maintenance is so expensive. Good job getting the belts replaced! 👍 Thanks for sharing!
If it isn’t sold in a Volvo box through a Volvo distribution channel, it can’t have the Volvo logo cast into it. Aisin fulfilled the order of parts Volvo had made with them, and continued making a few more on the same assembly line to sell through their own distribution channels. This is always what you want to see, because it means you got the exact same OEM part you’d get at the dealer without paying the dealer tax. Sometimes OEM parts don’t have the manufacturers logo, so it’s hard to know for sure which aftermarket brand to look for that is OEM quality, so it’s always exciting to see that ground off logo. I had ordered some Lemförder strut mounts from RockAuto for my VW without knowing for sure they were the OEM supplier, and was very pleased to see the VW part number cast in and grinder marks where the VW/Audi logo originally was. Got the same part for less than 1/4 the price.
Great video. Subscribed. The timing belt marks are what I was trying to find and you made it incredibly easy. Although I ended up just dropping the whole subframea and engine as I am inpatient working in tight spaces. Plus i'm replacing the PCV system.
Aisin is the OE supplier to Toyota as well and if you buy an Aisin pump through World Pac it will have the Toyota brand ground off. Apparently any pump that Aisin sells in the aftermarket must have the car manufacturer’s brand removed.
Aahh thanks for the clarification 👍🏼. Silly is what I make of it lol. Makes sense as I purchased it thru the World PAC side as I wasn’t about to pay dealership mark up for a logo ha ha 😉
Thanks for posting this great video for us non mechanics who don't want to pay an exorbitant price at the shops! I changed my serpentine belt and voltage regulator in the spring and I tell you it was a very crazy tight working job. You need tons of patience. I now noticed my timing belt is a bit cracked so I will change that while I change my stuck open thermostat and sensor. I may as well do the water pump too. Your lighting, audio and explanations were very clear. Im a nurse but love working on vehicles. Its my favourite hobby of many and to find a video such as yours is so helpful. Just a question, though, did you drain all the coolant or just let it drain when you took the thermostat and water pump out? Thanks again
Happy to hear my video gave you a good insight as to what you’re in for. Yes it’s crazy tight working on the beast 100%! No I did not drain the entire cooling system. I simply got a big enough catch can on the ground, then pulled the water pump and hoses off. Perhaps may be a bit more messy doing this, but I don’t feel like draining a whole radiator and engine block full of coolant down haha. That’s awesome to hear you love this as a hobby!
Fine Job. The belt on mine looks good, but leaking coolant. Broke the plastic tube from thermostat. I'm going to replace it with an aluminum tube, if I can remove the broken stub. I shouldn't be doing this job, but you inspired me, so standby for hate mail. :)
I broke my original plastic one too, but I didn’t bother fishing it out as I bought a new thermostat housing with the aluminum tube from ipdusa.com. (not sponsored or endorsed in anyway). It’s not overly difficult, but it’s just a pain to get to. At least with my big sausage fingers.🤣🤣
@@SwedeMachine Removed the A/C compressor today. I moved the dip stick over and tie wrapped it. I pulled the alternator, set it on end with the base to the left and tie wrapped it to the dip stick. Unbolted the A/C and lifted it right out without dismantling the car!!! Some Volvo engineer is in a lot of trouble!😛
Hey Swede, I managed to pull the timing belt onto the tensioner, but it move the cams CCW and off the marks. The way you did it on the idle pulley is the only good way. It pulls the cams CW to the stops. The birds were singing and children started laughing again. @@SwedeMachine
I had to visit Volvo, the coffee machine cost more than 3 of my cars, the bathroom door handles were chrome steel and 3 feet long and the soap dispenser had AI. As I told them what I had to do to remove the alternator, the 3 of them were covering their faces. I finished by saying, "I think I'm in an abusive relationship."😝@@SwedeMachine
Wow. I was considering buying this transverse 6 S80. Working on it is a pain in the butt, it seems! Think I will reconsider & look for a Chrysler 300M i once owned, way easier to work on :)
Ahhh. I do have big hands and fingers so getting into these tight places can be cumbersome not gonna lie. If you have more nimble hands you possibly might be all right, but a bigger engine in a smaller engine compartment definitely can lead to some “issues”😉
awesome....video and skills . i would have loved to se the 2 oneway valves at the intake...when i bought my s80t6 2002 at the hose on the intake - the hose that goes out to the right, there was no oneway valve , but im pretty sure there should be one...IF you one day makes some on you car, could you maybe take a picture...i really cant find any on google ???? pease please please. i hope you know wich one i mean ? thanks again for youre awesome video
Admittedly that inline-6 looks like a nightmare when it's crammed in there sideways. Much better and easier to work on longitudinally mounted. Also much more fun!
Oh man this thing is squeezed in here. Plus with my big fat sausage fingers it can be a right pain indeed haha. I think the European version came with a V8 option. I shutter to think working on that monster. I’m glad we will mostly be sticking with old iron😄
Your fingers will naturally stretch as the job progresses. Fun is a foreign word if you're Swedish. Is translates roughly in English to something like hmmm "$189 per hour."
I have 2004 volvo xc90 2.9l , I had p0011 and p0014 , I drove on it while I had those codes for 20 miles. Then the car stall and now it's crank no start , I checked the timing marks like you did the exhaust side jumped 3 teeth . Also I checked the compression and it's 0 zero . My question: would that cause crank no start ? Also if the jumped teeth cause that crank no start are the valves got bent ?
So sorry to hear that! Yes at 0 compression the engine will still crank over, but it won’t start. Yes, most likely you have bent valves. Hence the zero compression. There is a few cars I’ve seen that will run, but really rough, with one timing tooth off but that is rare. If your belt jumped 3 teeth positions that I’m afraid you’re gonna have to pull the cylinder head off and assess the damage. That really stinks man I feel for ya🙁
My first guess is a stretched timing belt or failed timing belt tensioner. For example the timing belt is so worn out it needed to be replaced long ago. Alternatively, I suppose the variable valve timing unit on the camshaft could’ve failed as well, although I don’t know the VVT system as well on the Volvo’s.
@SwedeMachine the vvt is mounted on top of the camshaft provides oil to the cam since it fiald I guess the camshaft act up and made the jump, do you think if I bring back the correct timing would have compression back ?
Hey Swede, I have to lift the radiator fan out on the T6. It's ready to go, but it's too fat to get past the intake manifold. Have you seen this one? Thanks.
I have never removed the fan, but according to the manual, the fan itself should come out after you disconnect everything without removing the intake. Huh. Got me stumped…..
I bought a 2005 volvo xc90 t6 for $1000 it has 200,000 miles it runs good but has 1 code po442 and I noticed the timing belt has cracks in it I'll be doing this job within a few days
@@SwedeMachine is that were the blow off valve connects to seems like both side sides of the radiator blow air out but it appears to be something that is meant to happen I'm not really sure
I didn’t. I was living on the edge as Steven Tyler once said. Once I took off the belts, I just tell myself don’t bump them and they won’t move lol. I just make sure my timing marks are still in perfect alignment before I install the new belt.
I used my best feel for tightening down the hardware, so no. Should have but no lol. Just be careful on the smaller hardware, bigger hardware like bolts can take it a bit more.
Any one wishing to replace their timing belt should note that you do NOT have to remove the crank pulley to do this job. There is a thin black plastic cover , located behind / under the crank pulley ( @ 23:30 ). The 2 x M6 bolts that hold it in place are located at 3 O'clock & 5 O' clock, remove these & the cover will "slide" out with a bit of a wiggle on the 5 cylinder version, the 6 cyl has a slightly different shroud and also has some fastenings around the 9 O'clock position. This gives the required room to remove & replace the belt. Also the ECU shroud top and middle section are easy to remove, just 2 clips on each section. Also the radiator header tank & power steering reservoir merely unclip from the body, and are easily moved to one side, this gives a lot of room to get to the water pump & cam belt tensioner.
Huge thanks brother. I was just quoted $1100 to do the timing belt water pump job. I may be doing this repair myself!!
Excellent! Glad to help. Head to ipdusa.com or give them a call if you want to upgrade the thermostat bypass tube from plastic to Aluminum. My repair is a bit redneck but I’m glad at least gives you some insight which are in for. Bless✌🏼🙂
Edit: you may have to buy a new thermostat housing as I think the plastic ones break off the threads. Can’t remember off the top of my head, but they do have the upgrade flavor over there for you to look into
Finally someone make t6 video belt kit change..got trouble with my 2001 t6🤦🏻♂️ oil get to expansion tank coolant ..car can’t run over 40km and the water hot came out at the expansion tank🤦🏻♂️ please make more video
jeez, I'm glad I'm not the guy outside tensioning his timing belt when it's -20C lol
Imagine doing this in space,,,,,,,,,,, Thank you very much!
You are more confident than I am. I would have tried to fire it as soon as I had the belt back on to make sure my water pump wasn't leaking. Thanks for posting.
Okay
Nice work, and not much blood loss...yep I saw the back of the hand. just proves your working.
Aww man my hands were SORE the next day! I love my car but sheesh those tight places!
Got a 2002 S80 2.9 Turbo T6 couple weeks ago and changed the water pump today, came across your video looking for assistance on the time belt. But yes water pump replacement on these is a pain 😅
Ohh you got the 2.9 T6 as well! You’ll love it. The car will feel a lot more nimble than the feel of heavy tank version of a typical Volvo. But I guess it comes to the cost of all that horsepower now there’s no room left front of the hood lol.🤣
How can you see the point of the pulled
They probably ground down the name because they don't want to pay royalties to the car maker. Just my 2 cents. That was quite a job. Now I can understand why car maintenance is so expensive. Good job getting the belts replaced! 👍 Thanks for sharing!
Hands were bruised but one of the Swede Machines is back on the road😁🇸🇪💪🏼
If it isn’t sold in a Volvo box through a Volvo distribution channel, it can’t have the Volvo logo cast into it. Aisin fulfilled the order of parts Volvo had made with them, and continued making a few more on the same assembly line to sell through their own distribution channels.
This is always what you want to see, because it means you got the exact same OEM part you’d get at the dealer without paying the dealer tax. Sometimes OEM parts don’t have the manufacturers logo, so it’s hard to know for sure which aftermarket brand to look for that is OEM quality, so it’s always exciting to see that ground off logo. I had ordered some Lemförder strut mounts from RockAuto for my VW without knowing for sure they were the OEM supplier, and was very pleased to see the VW part number cast in and grinder marks where the VW/Audi logo originally was. Got the same part for less than 1/4 the price.
Well said!
Great video. Subscribed. The timing belt marks are what I was trying to find and you made it incredibly easy. Although I ended up just dropping the whole subframea and engine as I am inpatient working in tight spaces. Plus i'm replacing the PCV system.
Oh I don’t blame ya. This is a pretty crammed engine bay
Aisin is the OE supplier to Toyota as well and if you buy an Aisin pump through World Pac it will have the Toyota brand ground off. Apparently any pump that Aisin sells in the aftermarket must have the car manufacturer’s brand removed.
Aahh thanks for the clarification 👍🏼. Silly is what I make of it lol. Makes sense as I purchased it thru the World PAC side as I wasn’t about to pay dealership mark up for a logo ha ha 😉
Thanks for posting this great video for us non mechanics who don't want to pay an exorbitant price at the shops! I changed my serpentine belt and voltage regulator in the spring and I tell you it was a very crazy tight working job. You need tons of patience. I now noticed my timing belt is a bit cracked so I will change that while I change my stuck open thermostat and sensor. I may as well do the water pump too. Your lighting, audio and explanations were very clear. Im a nurse but love working on vehicles. Its my favourite hobby of many and to find a video such as yours is so helpful. Just a question, though, did you drain all the coolant or just let it drain when you took the thermostat and water pump out? Thanks again
Happy to hear my video gave you a good insight as to what you’re in for. Yes it’s crazy tight working on the beast 100%! No I did not drain the entire cooling system. I simply got a big enough catch can on the ground, then pulled the water pump and hoses off. Perhaps may be a bit more messy doing this, but I don’t feel like draining a whole radiator and engine block full of coolant down haha. That’s awesome to hear you love this as a hobby!
Fine Job. The belt on mine looks good, but leaking coolant. Broke the plastic tube from thermostat. I'm going to replace it with an aluminum tube, if I can remove the broken stub. I shouldn't be doing this job, but you inspired me, so standby for hate mail. :)
I broke my original plastic one too, but I didn’t bother fishing it out as I bought a new thermostat housing with the aluminum tube from ipdusa.com. (not sponsored or endorsed in anyway). It’s not overly difficult, but it’s just a pain to get to. At least with my big sausage fingers.🤣🤣
@@SwedeMachine Removed the A/C compressor today. I moved the dip stick over and tie wrapped it. I pulled the alternator, set it on end with the base to the left and tie wrapped it to the dip stick. Unbolted the A/C and lifted it right out without dismantling the car!!! Some Volvo engineer is in a lot of trouble!😛
I’ll help you write a strongly worded letter to corporate!😆
Hey Swede, I managed to pull the timing belt onto the tensioner, but it move the cams CCW and off the marks. The way you did it on the idle pulley is the only good way. It pulls the cams CW to the stops. The birds were singing and children started laughing again. @@SwedeMachine
I had to visit Volvo, the coffee machine cost more than 3 of my cars, the bathroom door handles were chrome steel and 3 feet long and the soap dispenser had AI. As I told them what I had to do to remove the alternator, the 3 of them were covering their faces. I finished by saying, "I think I'm in an abusive relationship."😝@@SwedeMachine
Wow. I was considering buying this transverse 6 S80. Working on it is a pain in the butt, it seems! Think I will reconsider & look for a Chrysler 300M i once owned, way easier to work on :)
Ahhh. I do have big hands and fingers so getting into these tight places can be cumbersome not gonna lie. If you have more nimble hands you possibly might be all right, but a bigger engine in a smaller engine compartment definitely can lead to some “issues”😉
awesome....video and skills . i would have loved to se the 2 oneway valves at the intake...when i bought my s80t6 2002 at the hose on the intake - the hose that goes out to the right, there was no oneway valve , but im pretty sure there should be one...IF you one day makes some on you car, could you maybe take a picture...i really cant find any on google ???? pease please please. i hope you know wich one i mean ?
thanks again for youre awesome video
Admittedly that inline-6 looks like a nightmare when it's crammed in there sideways. Much better and easier to work on longitudinally mounted. Also much more fun!
Oh man this thing is squeezed in here. Plus with my big fat sausage fingers it can be a right pain indeed haha. I think the European version came with a V8 option. I shutter to think working on that monster. I’m glad we will mostly be sticking with old iron😄
Your fingers will naturally stretch as the job progresses. Fun is a foreign word if you're Swedish. Is translates roughly in English to something like hmmm "$189 per hour."
I have 2004 volvo xc90 2.9l , I had p0011 and p0014 , I drove on it while I had those codes for 20 miles. Then the car stall and now it's crank no start , I checked the timing marks like you did the exhaust side jumped 3 teeth .
Also I checked the compression and it's 0 zero .
My question: would that cause crank no start ?
Also if the jumped teeth cause that crank no start are the valves got bent ?
So sorry to hear that! Yes at 0 compression the engine will still crank over, but it won’t start. Yes, most likely you have bent valves. Hence the zero compression. There is a few cars I’ve seen that will run, but really rough, with one timing tooth off but that is rare. If your belt jumped 3 teeth positions that I’m afraid you’re gonna have to pull the cylinder head off and assess the damage. That really stinks man I feel for ya🙁
@SwedeMachine with the codes I mentioned what made the exchst cam to jump ?
My first guess is a stretched timing belt or failed timing belt tensioner. For example the timing belt is so worn out it needed to be replaced long ago. Alternatively, I suppose the variable valve timing unit on the camshaft could’ve failed as well, although I don’t know the VVT system as well on the Volvo’s.
@SwedeMachine the vvt is mounted on top of the camshaft provides oil to the cam since it fiald I guess the camshaft act up and made the jump, do you think if I bring back the correct timing would have compression back ?
@SwedeMachine my question is : is it always valave bent when timming jump in cars ?
I need a video of how to remove the head , my timming skipped and cause the valavs to go bad .😢
Sorry to hear that! Unfortunately I do not have a video of that😕
Hey Swede, I have to lift the radiator fan out on the T6. It's ready to go, but it's too fat to get past the intake manifold. Have you seen this one? Thanks.
I have never removed the fan, but according to the manual, the fan itself should come out after you disconnect everything without removing the intake. Huh. Got me stumped…..
I bought a 2005 volvo xc90 t6 for $1000 it has 200,000 miles it runs good but has 1 code po442 and I noticed the timing belt has cracks in it I'll be doing this job within a few days
I hope that this video gives you some insight as to what to expect. Congrats on the XC90. 👍🏼
Where did you order the timing belt kit from
Ipdusa.com
@@SwedeMachine I appreciate it man one more question when you rev the 2.9t is it supposed to blow air from near the front of the radiator
@@SwedeMachine is that were the blow off valve connects to seems like both side sides of the radiator blow air out but it appears to be something that is meant to happen I'm not really sure
That is completely different from my 08 3.0 T6 in my S80.
I believe it. I think 2007 is the change over year.
Can the accessory belt tensioner be removed from beneath? Thanks!
Ohhh that I have never tried from beneath to be honest.....might be possible.
How did you lock the cams in position?
I didn’t. I was living on the edge as Steven Tyler once said. Once I took off the belts, I just tell myself don’t bump them and they won’t move lol. I just make sure my timing marks are still in perfect alignment before I install the new belt.
I don't have a torque wrench did you have to torque everything down afterwards
I used my best feel for tightening down the hardware, so no. Should have but no lol. Just be careful on the smaller hardware, bigger hardware like bolts can take it a bit more.
I have the same machine. it seems vvt i started leaking . can you advise how to fix it?
I’m sad to say I cannot advise you as I’ve never been in a VVT Volvo system before. Sorry boss 🫤
2005 Volvo s80 water pump an Timming belt
Vg❤😂
Thanks volvo 😂