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Timing Belt and Drive Belt questions V70-XC70

posted by  someone claiming to be cn on  Wed Oct 29 04:39 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Hello everyone,

I have read Volvospeed.com Bay 13 on timing belt tips etc. Here are my questions that I hope someone can help:

1. Serpentine Belt:
What is the expected life? I am planning to do my TBelt at 50-60K interval, so to me it makes sense to change the Serpentine Belt at the same time because the sepr. belt is removed for the Tbelt job anyway.

2. S.Belt pulley:
Is it enough to put more grease in the pulley or do I need a new one at 50-60K interval?

3. TBelt:
I will change my belt at 50-60K interval.
Do I need to do anything for the water pump while I am there?
What is the life of a water pump for a S70/V70 series?

4. TBelt tensioner:
2 versions that year...hydraulic versus mechanical
Let's say the car is equipped with hydraulic tensioner, can a mechanical tensioner be fitted? From my reading, mechnical tensioner seems better but I may be wrong.


The bottome line here is that while I am there doing this labor-intensive job, I amy as well change anything that is needed to be changed so later I do not regret.


cn
1998 (Production date before March 1998) V70 45K miles






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