[Thommykent]

You can download the 2009 manual on the Volvo app.
https://www.volvocars.com/lb/support/downloads/manual-app

I have a 2008 T6, and the closest manual I can download is 2009. The recommendation in the manual for the Aux belt, pulleys, and alternator coupler is 150k miles

You can save some money, buy the parts from FCP and have any competent mechanic do the labor. ISomeone familiar with Volvo is probably helpful, but not necessarily required. In VIDA it looks pretty straight forward, but appears to be pretty labor intensive, similar in time to a timing belt on many cars. That's where much of your cost comes from.

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Don`t use the App and you can download manuals way back to 1965
https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/manuals/ownersmanualinfo/year/2008/model/S80

 

[deerewright]

Don`t use the App and you can download manuals way back to 1965
https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/manuals/ownersmanualinfo/year/2008/model/S80

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[mikeyt073]

Thanks for the quick response and solid info. As suggested I removed the right front wheel and splash guard. I did not seem to have access to open up the hole in the frame. I ended up cutting a chainsaw file in half and using it from the engine side to enlarge the hole. After the bolt head finally slipped into the frame the rest of the job went pretty well. I loosened the 2 bolts on the motor mount shown in the photo and jacked up the engine a bit to slip out the old belt and slip in the new one. I put it all back together with 2 new idlers, a new belt, and a new tensioner assembly. I refilled the coolant and there seems to be no permanent damage to the engine. What a relief.

 

[Thommykent]

Well done! I wasn`t sure on access to that hole from the wheel side. A file works well.