v 70 aux belt killed my engine

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by craigblues

I looked at a V70 D5 '57 plate. And it had a squeal type noise coming from the aux belt area and the gentlemen, spray something on it (didn't catch the name). Didn't quite disappear. What do you think the noise could of been? Need for a new belt / tensioner?

The long term cure for this noise is not spraying something on it.
It could need everything you've said and maybe even an alternator pulley.
If you want the car, then just on this issue alone, you need to budget £200 to do it yourself or £400 for a dealer.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by craigblues

Anyone got a pic of old (recall) part and the new replacement part you should have?

This is the one you should have unless your car is later than about 2010 when the hydraulic one came out , that has a plunger tensioning the wheel with a 19mm hexagon to move the tensioner back with and a black rubber covering over the hydraulic cylinder which is about an inch in diameter . .
If you can see a big coiled spring around your tensioner this is the early one which must not be there ! It will have been got rid of by now with 2 recalls and general volvo servicing at 36000 or 54000 miles services . ..

[craigblues]

Originally Posted by cheshired5

The long term cure for this noise is not spraying something on it.
It could need everything you've said and maybe even an alternator pulley.
If you want the car, then just on this issue alone, you need to budget £200 to do it yourself or £400 for a dealer.

Hmmm.... Another thing to consider.

[silvermachine]

Hi all , my car is going back to Heritage motor on Friday, it has come up with the " engine system requires attention " warning again, hope its just the oil level, and it also needs the oil seal changing where the dipstick tube enters the engine as it is now leaking. Hope this ends soon.
I know it would have been prudent to have gone to a main dealer to start with, but i had heard good things about Heritage volvo from other volvo owners, but we shall see.... It may end up at volvo for a (costly and smug no doubt ) check over when all this is done.

[silvermachine]

Hi , Clan i cannot answer you p.m. as i do not have 30 post yet, but thanks for the message.

[silvermachine]

O.K. , the reason ,or so i have been told , for the oil being to high was that the car had not regenerated correctly and diesel had gone back into the sump, so had to be drained off, at cost to me again, and so heritage motors tell me this will happen again if the regeneration processes is interrupted as it is being done, so how do i tell. ?. This all seems like boll**ks to me, and i will not keep paying for the removal of diesel from the sump, or am i missing something here ?

[clivea]

If you see my post on DPF REGENERATION WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE it might give you information on what Volvo did for the recall to deal with rising sump levels. However if you do many short journeys, or are spending time in stop/start or congested traffic then you may be experiencing failed regenerations. When I sold my caravan I also sold the D5 Xc70 and bought a petrol car which was more in line with my anticipated motoring needs.

[PEGE63]

Originally Posted by Clan

This shouldnt have happened , There was a recall , and it should have been changed on either the 36000 or 54000 mile service depending on model year , and also there is a new recall to pick up any which missed the first recall .
I guess the cars servicing has been neglected somewhere ? You need to chase it up with the seller .
Do you know which type of tensioner you have ? Does it have a big exposed coiled spring ? .

Just been in correspondence with my local V garage re the Aux recall
belt and asked for details re when n at what milage. Was told no recall, weird!.
Was then told that the tensioner was changed on a recall ie ( and I am not having a go at them by the way as the car came from another garage) it seems that bits were indeed done BUT they did not change the belt at the same time which to me seems really daft
as how much would the cost be to them? My car is at 59k and I plan to
keep it for 50-60K , do I do belt etc now n have peace of mind during
my ownership rather than waiting to the end or do I hold off for
another 10-20k ? same with timing belt, looks like I'll be faced
with it within my ownership, do I do it now-ish as well ? I see comments
re aux tensioner AND comments re other idler/pulley , is it worth doin this extra at same time
( presume part is quite cheap)?
While I'm at it gearbox change or not?? supposed to be for taxi n towing ( do one
2 k trip with trailer to France every year plus being a parent
is to some extent a Taxi nowadays ;-). but seriously, is it money
wasted or not?

[Clan]

Originally Posted by PEGE63

Just been in correspondence with my local V garage re the Aux recall
belt and asked for details re when n at what milage. Was told no recall, weird!.
Was then told that the tensioner was changed on a recall ie ( and I am not having a go at them by the way as the car came from another garage) it seems that bits were indeed done BUT they did not change the belt at the same time which to me seems really daft
as how much would the cost be to them? My car is at 59k and I plan to
keep it for 50-60K , do I do belt etc now n have peace of mind during
my ownership rather than waiting to the end or do I hold off for
another 10-20k ? same with timing belt, looks like I'll be faced
with it within my ownership, do I do it now-ish as well ? I see comments
re aux tensioner AND comments re other idler/pulley , is it worth doin this extra at same time
( presume part is quite cheap)?
While I'm at it gearbox change or not?? supposed to be for taxi n towing ( do one
2 k trip with trailer to France every year plus being a parent
is to some extent a Taxi nowadays ;-). but seriously, is it money
wasted or not?

The recall was always the tensioner AND Belt ..

If you are unsure get the aux belt and tensioner changed again and whilst at it do the AC pump belt and leave the cambelt until the recommended 108000 miles or 10 years which ever comes first, when you will do the aux belt and tensioner again . It is usualy the tensioner/belt failure which takes out the cambelt , not any problem with the cambelt mechanism.
And yes it is always a good idea to get the gearbox oil changed and the gearbox software updated ...

[PEGE63]

Originally Posted by Clan

The recall was always the tensioner AND Belt ..

If you are unsure get the aux belt and tensioner changed again and whilst at it do the AC pump belt and leave the cambelt until the recommended 108000 miles or 10 years which ever comes first, when you will do the aux belt and tensioner again . It is usualy the tensioner/belt failure which takes out the cambelt , not any problem with the cambelt mechanism.
And yes it is always a good idea to get the gearbox oil changed and the gearbox software updated ...

Clan , thanks for that , idler is mentioned in earlier post, worth
doing to at same time as to be sure??