The XC90 has 185,000 and a notable oil leak in the timing belt area. I am in the process of changing the timing belt, water pump and seals (front and rear cams and crank) and am concerned with the "feel" of removing the camshaft pulley plug. I have made a camshaft locking tool that seems to be holding very steady, however, when I try to loosen the camshaft pulley plug the camshaft does not seem to hit a dead stop (rest position) as I thought it would. It seems to give some, almost like bending. As long as the tools is holding the cams, is there anything internal that could be damaged if the pulley rotates a few cogs past rest?

 

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I moved your thread to the General Chat section. Not to many of the "regular members" read the new member section. No tech questions are suppose to be there.

I may also help if you indicate what motor you have in your truck, I believe there are 2 or 3 different options.