Volvo RWD 200 Forum

INDEX FOR 1/2026(CURRENT) INDEX FOR 8/2015 200 INDEX

[<<]  [>>]


 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

What's eating my timing belts? 200 1985

uid 13809's pic
posted by  Alex Z on  Sun Jul 20 11:42 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Oct 3 04:30 CST 2013
[RELATED]

I just had a look at the timing belt the other day. The leading edge of it was worn down to the point of seeing the metal bands in the belt. Yuck.

So I slapped on another one, this time careful to make sure it was pushed towards the rear of the pulleys. Same thing, it just rode forward. So I took everything off, took a look at the tensioner (my first guess) and everything looked okay. However, I did notice that the tensioner isn't quite flush with the head. So checked it again, and for the life of me I can't keep the tensioner flush with the head. So I'm thinking maybe this is normal.

The oddest thing is that the belt isn't rubbing against the cam sprocket's front cover. In fact it doesn't appear to be rubbing against anything.

Could the hole in the head be misshapened (doesn't really look like it to me)?

I seem to have misplaced my big ol' Channel Loks so I decided against replacing the tensioner bearing.

- alex

'85 244 Turbo
'84 245 Turbo






THREADED THREADED EXPANDED FLAT PRINT ALL
MESSAGES IN THIS THREAD

New What's eating my timing belts? [200][1985]
posted by  Alex Z  on Sun Jul 20 11:42 CST 2003 >


<< < > >>



©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.