I'm always on the hunt for repairable Volvos. Just a hobby I guess. For all the S40 / V50 owners out there please consider replacing your accessory belts. Here's why (and I hope this isn't old news).
I just bought a 2007 S40 T5 AWD with 105K on it. The accessory belt broke and pieces of it got all hung up in the crank gear causing the timing belt to slip out of synch with the camshafts. The car was basically at idle when this happened - so I am going to reset the timing and do a leakdown test to see if I get lucky and no valves are bent. If not, then I will have to pull the head.
When I bought the car and it was described to me as the accessory belt broke causing the TBelt to slip - I didn't believe it - but since I have started to take a closer look - that's exactly what happened!
So please consider replacing these belts - it could save you a MAJOR problem down the road.
I just bought a 2007 S40 T5 AWD with 105K on it. The accessory belt broke and pieces of it got all hung up in the crank gear causing the timing belt to slip out of synch with the camshafts. The car was basically at idle when this happened - so I am going to reset the timing and do a leakdown test to see if I get lucky and no valves are bent. If not, then I will have to pull the head.
When I bought the car and it was described to me as the accessory belt broke causing the TBelt to slip - I didn't believe it - but since I have started to take a closer look - that's exactly what happened!
So please consider replacing these belts - it could save you a MAJOR problem down the road.