The trouble is... the dang cams are precisely where they ought to be. Checked front and back. A-V, _- If I dial something back a notch then the cams won't be aligned anymore. Maybe that's the deal here. But dang... which one is off?

I miss the smooth sounds of my motor. Maybe I need to let it run and let the computer adjust things. This is not a VVT engine.

I'm going under the car to tighen up the exhaust manifold. That could help some... but the car still sounds like a tractor and throttle response is poor.

Here's the cams. You'll have to take my word for it that I can lay a straightedge along the top and bottom touching all bolts heads.



I've got a replacement timing cover on the way. OEM Volvo $20.00

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Just spent an hour or so clambering around on top of and under the engine to get the manifold nuts extra tight. A few had loosened a bit, but the ones back by the turbo were fine... took a lot of work to determine that...

So, took her for a drive. Sounds like a john deer when applying throttle, but does run safely enough for in the city. *have* to use the car tomorrow. No other options, so we'll see how it goes. I'm staying off the interstate.

I'm getting ZERO engine codes. I can't be that far off. It does kinda sound like a hole in my exhaust, but there are none. No leaks.

I'm back to thinking that one of the cams is slightly off from the other. It's going to be late in the week before my new timing cover gets here. *maybe* that will solve it. If it holds up tomorrow, I will take another stab at the gears and try to get the exhaust back one notch at a time.

Had I realized what a nightmare this was going to be, I