The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Weight bolted on Exhaust cam?? 900

posted by  NCSUChad on  Wed Jul 16 07:02 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

I've recently taken over most of the mechanical responsibilites for my car. During the last Timing-Belt change, I noticed my rubber band..err belt ;) to be off-center on the exhaust camshaft gear. Upon further inspection, there's a small weight, held between the belt-gear and the camshaft. I see three possibilities:
1) Factory engine modification to compensate for..something (although the green book mentions nothing)
2) "Tune-up" by one of the car's (2) prior mechanics (they're getting phone calls this week)
3) Malicious tactic by one of the cars prior mechanics to fleece me for money while "hunting down the problem"

Has anyone heard of this before? Is there any reason to leave the weight in place? (there's a specific idle problem that i'm currently blaming on the weight)

Thanks,
Chad
--
'93 960; 253k miles






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©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.