wesacosa Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 After my long term daily Saab 9-5 Aero HOT was sadly written off by some dopey Kia driver in November I had decided that I could make do with my other halfs Mini and my 94 Skoda Favorit and didn't need another car just yet So today I picked up this Friend of a friend's elderly mother told to pack in driving and was looking for an easy and quick sale. One owner from new, 85k , FSH . 2.0 petrol auto. fully specced up. All very nice and not too bad on fuel considering. Only fly in the ointment is a months MOT and an overdue cambelt. Was done at 60k but that was in 2010 Anyone done a belt on one of these? Wonder if it's within the scope of a home enthusiastic car fiddler cheers Heidel_Kakao, Floatylight, privatewire and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Always liked these, think that shape has aged gracefully. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said: Always liked these, think that shape has aged gracefully. yeah its a nice looking car. An unusual green/grey colour depending which light you look in and lovely cream leather . I always fancied a V70 classic but these are nice and a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbmw Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I have a friend in Sweden who has the manual version of one of these.It clicked over to 400,000km at the beginning of Dec. He swears by them and it's rare he ever seems to do anything to it.Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Weren't these made in the Netherlands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Funnily enough I was driving one just like that last night. They've aged really well IMO, and few estates look so good. wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 hours ago, skattrd said: Weren't these made in the Netherlands? yes. Apparently they platform share with the Mitsubishi Charisma and the Proton Impian too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprung Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I convinced a non car licker friend to get one as his daily/work car. His is a diesel manual in Swedish racing gold. Other than routine maintenance the only issue as been a snapped exterior drivers door handle. Common fault apparently and replacements hard to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I've been thoroughly offensive about these for a long time, but that one looks like it has its precise niche. Cheap, ex-OAP, auto, petrol. Ideal. Love it. wesacosa and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsguzzi Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 The only thing I could find to like about mine were it’s excellent seats, a well sorted example is probably a decent car though, good luck! wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, loserone said: I've been thoroughly offensive about these for a long time, but that one looks like it has its precise niche. Cheap, ex-OAP, auto, petrol. Ideal. Love it. probably wouldn't have been my choice but my commute is so miserable just want something cheap reliable and comfortable with room for the dog in the back. If I can sort out the cambelt cheaply it should do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Timing belt procedure attached. No special tools required apparently. V40 Belt.pdf wesacosa and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I had one of these once with the renault 1.9dci engine in that rather expectedly shat its turbo however I fitted full grey leathers to it and the factory sound system was pretty blimin good! Loved that car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorchio69 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Timing belts on these are a doddle mate , you used to get a variant of this engine in Laguna s when I was working in the renault garage and made a welcome change doing a belt as it was so easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I am at my fecking wits end with this stupid cambelt. Three days solid so far. I get the belt on, central on all pulleys idler and tensioner. Tension it up as per the procedure , bar it over all marks line up. Then as soon as I start the car the belt wanders down to the back of all of the pulleys so it's running level with the rear face rather than in the center I have had the belt on and off four times and reset the tension (mechanical tensioner) about ten time and every time the same thing, as soon as it starts up it wanders down to the back faces I am tearing my hair out. Anyone seen anything like this before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Unless it’s hanging over the edge I’d say that was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 17 hours ago, Lankytim said: Unless it’s hanging over the edge I’d say that was fine. more of a worry as to why its sitting differently, you can see from the marks on the pulley the old belt ran much more centrally. Swapped the old tensioner in last night and still the same, suggesting its the idler or the belt. Will swap in the old idler tonight. If nothing fixes it I might try just running for few hundred miles and checking for any movement or damage to the belt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionRabbit Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 The v40/s40 forums on the Volvo owners forum is really, really good. Or it used to be when I had one. Might be worth asking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, ChampionRabbit said: The v40/s40 forums on the Volvo owners forum is really, really good. Or it used to be when I had one. Might be worth asking... cheers, posted on there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 I am seriously beginning to wish I had never laid eyes on this car, or at least not tried to change the cambelt. As soon as I start the engine the belt leaves black marks all over the idler and tensioner pulleys. Not surer if it is some kind of release agent from the belt manufacturing process or if the belt is faulty and the running over the pulleys is degrading the rubber. I have literally only idled the engine for 2 mins and both pulleys have gone black. Its a Contitech belt kit , not an ebay special. Bought from Mister-Auto (who are owed by PSA) but surely I shouldn't be having bits of the belt marking up the pulleys already This belt change is starting to break me . Due to the weather, work and dark nights not to mention all the problems is getting on for 3 weeks now and I still cant see an end in sight in the picture you can see the idler pulley after about 30 second running and the new belt on the right versus the old belt (10 years old) on left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I'd look at getting another belt. As long as you are sure all the pulleys (including crank ) have no play etc then certainly try another belt. But clean the pulleys up before you put on the new belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Minimad5 said: I'd look at getting another belt. As long as you are sure all the pulleys (including crank ) have no play etc then certainly try another belt. But clean the pulleys up before you put on the new belt. had another go at seating and tensioning the belt , having cleaned the pulleys, and now seems ok. So either it was some coating on the belt or it wasn't tensioned properly HMC, tobyd, Pat Earrings and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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