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Timing belt tension 700 1988

posted by  Erwin on  Mon Feb 24 15:10 CST 2003
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By my car's service records, the timing belt was last changed at 130,000 miles. Current mileage is 185,000. I loosened the belt's upper cover by removing three bolts and one philips screw, but I wasn't able to pull it off. Pulling it back a bit I saw that it was a indeed a Volvo belt and looked to be in good condition. But, I noticed when pushing against the run between the cam and intermediate shaft pulley, it had a fair amount of slack. Is this normal? I expected it to be tight. I can easily deflect it about 1/2". Will loosening and retightening the tensioner nut allow it to pull up any slack?

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Erwin in Memphis, '95 855t






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New Timing belt tension [700][1988]
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