Alternator pulley noise advice

[Ross1990]

Originally Posted by Adrian B

Nice one Ross.
Tell us how if you don't mind to help us maybe in the future. Regards

Good afternoon, I got it in with my local Volvo Indy Monday morning as we needed it done ASAP + I don’t have any spare time at the moment with a 4 week old baby at home.

He said he changed the pulley by unbolting the alternator and turning it to give enough access to get the tool in to remove the pulley. New pulley is Valeo which was about £50 and genuine Volvo aux belt costing about £45. Charged me 1 hour labour for the job so very happy with that.

Thanks
Ross

[Ross1990]

Originally Posted by RDesign4Life

I also have a 2015 XC60 D5. Which is the free wheel pulley? Do you have a part no. for future reference please?

It’s the pulley on the end of the alternator. You can’t tell if they are seized while the belt is on unless you are getting squeaking/rumbling noises from the aux belt as I was. If you have done around the 100k mark and have no evidence of it being changed it’s probably worth getting it done as they do all seem to start playing up around this mileage.