Moaning 850 ||| attn:volvowrench and others|||FOLLOW-UP|||

Discussion in 'Volvo 850' started by Steve J., Jul 12, 2003.

  1. Steve J.

    Steve J. Guest

    I have posted this issue with my car, and several people gave
    responses, including volvowrench, and I wanted to post a follow-up.
    The problem was:
    The car moans when started cold. It's coming from the engine and goes
    away after 60 seconds of warm up. This sounds rises and falls with the
    rpms of engine, it's clearly drive belt related.
    Car has a new camshaft belt, water pump.

    So I takes her to the Volvo dealer for the 110k service, that was only
    US $70. Not bad, but this service interval doesn't include a great
    deal.
    I explained the moaning issue to them and asked for an estimate. They
    said:
    Parts:
    8630590---idler pulley--$87
    9135036--tension pully---$103
    9146693--damping element--$140

    Labor: +/- $400

    And the rub too much: No guarantees it would fix it. $700 + dollars
    and it might still have the issue. Don't know what to do. The Volvo
    tech there has 15+ years of experience day in and day out working on
    Volvos.
    If anyone has a diagram of the camshaft belt area, please post it.
    Any advice thanks.

    Just wanted to follow-up.

    I have been driving the car with this sound for 9 thousand miles! She
    hasn't come apart yet. Hopefully any of the above parts would begin to
    make noise constantly before failing.

    Like I said, just a follow-up thanks for the input.

    Steve
     
    Steve J., Jul 12, 2003
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  2. Steve J.

    les.watson Guest

    This may seem like a stupid answer but when you start the engine spare wd40
    over all the pulleys
     
    les.watson, Jul 14, 2003
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  3. Steve J.

    Mike F Guest

    Here's something better than a diagram:

    http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/timingbelt.htm
     
    Mike F, Jul 14, 2003
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