I did it the same way as Sketch. As I mentioned on page 1, that's the time to hit that timing belt. A least you can float it away from the frame.


Sketch, when I lowered the car down, I sat the engine down on a dolly and removed my hanger. Then I could roll it a couple inches away from the frame and it would just sit there, and the hanger wasn't in the way.


To me, that is plenty handy enough.

 

You wouldn't happen to have a part number or name for this tool here, would you? I'd prefer to grab a generic tool like this that'll get the job done rather than buy the actual Volvo crank holding tool.

Thanks!

 

Pulling or lowering the engine just to do cam seals is quite excessive. It can be done in the car without issue.

 

Sketch, I think that tool is too generic to have a part number. That is just a harmonic balancer puller that'll work on anything.


Also, you won't need to pull that pulley off to put a timing belt on. It certainly makes it easier. The "thing" that gets in the way under the pulley is where the oil pump relief spring is inside the oil pump.

 

"harmonic balancer puller" is exactly what i was looking for :]

I'm also doing the oil pump, so I'm definitely going to need it off.

cheers!

 

After the fact I'm not 100% sure I actually needed the puller. You might try just pulling on it and it could come right off. Assuming the timing belt it already off. But maybe you do. I know after I pulled it the first time it just slid right on and off.

 

Got about 2 tanks of gas through it so far. Prob about 500 miles on the build. So far so (relatively good)

A couple issues to clean up. The CEL no longer comes on for the valve timing. Prob just needed some fresh oil through it for a bit. Or perhaps the computer finally set all it's trim values? Who knows. But the P0014 is gone.

Still getting the "Anti Skid Service" message, and today my wife got a new one which is "SRS-airbag service urgent". Not sure if they are connected or not. Any ideas?

Also I have an oil leak!!!! Ugh. Somewhere on the left side of the engine (passenger). I need to look closer, but haven't found it. Doesn't seem to be CAM seals cause those are up high and I can see them.

Need to look around and find it. Hopefully it's not the front crank seal. I replaced it, so it shouldn't be, but who knows.

Do these ever leak around the PCV system? Again, need to jack it back up and take a closer look.

 

Alright. Still taking care of a few issues. Got about 1000 miles on it and so far we are fairly good to go. But there are a few things we need to go over.

One thing at a time I guess.

Going to look at these as possibly connected:

-SRS Service Urgent
-Anti skid service
-Something about the alarm system needing looked at

Figured this must all be related to water under the floor boards. So I moved the passenger seat all the way back, disconnected the battery, and removed the stereo amplifier. There wasn't much water down there but it was moist. As much as I really wan't to pull the carpets I graduate in a couple of weeks and am flushed with projects, papers, and interviews. Absolutely no time right now, so I can only do short spurts.

In the YAW sensor I did find some corrosion. Also in the plug. I will clean it out the electronics cleaner and put it back together and hope for the best. If not I might need to find a new one in the salvage yard. There is an '04 XC90 that might have it.

There are some wires down there for the SRS airbag, which I think might be in the seat. I am going to blow out all connectors and see if that helps. Maybe this has to do with the alarm system as well? Who knows, but I'm hopeful. I know this is a good first step for the Anti Skid Service, if the others clear as well thats a great bonus.







There was a BIT of moisture down there if I reached up to feel under the carpets. This isn't perfect, but for now my solution is this.

 

Ok, now onto something perhaps a bit more important.

Should have listened. I said I needed to draw the the line somewhere...apparently the line was still a bit too close!

I am getting massive amounts of oil under the hood. Dripping quite a bit too. Opened my hood after my wife has been driving it for a week or two and everything is just oily. The dipstick was pushed up out of the hole a bit. I pushed it down a couple of times. So it appears that my PCV system is not doing it's job.

So now I need to ask: Can the pan be pulled off on a T6 from underneath without pulling the sub frame? Cause it looks like it CAN be when I was under it today, but it looks like it would be tight. I have also heard people say you can't do it, but I wanted to be sure. ES6T I was hoping you could chime in on this one.

I assume I can clean that port out from underneath? Never had the pan off of one of these things, so honestly I don't know what to do or look for.

Thats the 1st problem, and perhaps the most urgent.

Also we are getting a bit of a clunk all the sudden when going from Park to Reverse. My spidy sense says it's not the tranny, but I'm not sure. Sure hope it's not the bevel gear.

Alex

 

You don't have to remove the subframe, but you do have to lower it

 

Though my web searches, The replacement Alarm unit is about $250 USD, and if your adventurous enough, there is one YouTube video, on how to cut open the old unit, and replace the batteries.

I thought that with the battery technology we have since 2005, why wasn't a battery conditioner part of the security system. So basically what I found out is, Batteries die, and this instance they did not feel that longevity was worth worrying about.

PS if you were to remove the floor board from the passenger side, I was shocked at how much was there. It was surprising. (too me anyways) I hear you about the college, I have one more class for my BA.

 

Afstrom,

Thanks for the tip! I will most certainly look into that. I had not heard about it. Seems worth a shot!

I did decide to pull up the carpet and dry it out. Glad I did. It was SOAKED! So much water down there! So I pulled the carpet up and propped it up with a 2x4 and put a fan on it for about 30 hours straight. Dry as the Sahara now. Glad I took the time to do it. BTW, the drivers side was not wet at all.



I cleaned the connectors for the yaw sensor and put it back together. Still have the Anti Skid message. Not sure what to try next aside from replacing the unit. Does it need reset?

Oil leak- I did some reading and apparently there is a lot of problems with the dipstick popping out. Not sure why this happens, but the o rings around the stem were pretty loose. Went to my local farm supply store and got a couple of new o rings.

Unfortunately the dipstick broke while I was putting it in! So the top is sealed now but I can't check my oil! So now I will wait and see if there is any more oil under the car, and if not I guess I found the problem.

All in all, thats about as good of a solution as you can hope for.

Alex

 

When I did mine, I rubbed OxyClean on it, to help remove the smell. I am stuck until the PVC job is done. I had to remove the oil pan on my 5cyl, and clean out the passageways. It was blocked all the way down. I am hoping the weather holds today, I can get my intake on, and turn in on with out the turbo cold return hooked up.

 

Luckily no smell. I think it took on most of it's water just recently.

So far no more oil leak after I put the new O rings on the dipstick. My PCV system seems to be working fine at the moment. Need to put a new ball joint on the lower front passenger wheel before any more driving, but running it seems indicate we are good to go in that regard.

Punch list is getting smaller!

Alexs

 

Sounds good. I have broken quite a few of the plastic dipsticks.

 

O-rings on the dipstick shouldn't stop an oil leak if it was leaking from cam seals due to crankcase pressure. Was the oil all over the engine bay just coming from the dipstick?

 

I think it was just blowing out of the top of the dipstick and not leaking anywhere else- but I'm not sure. I cleaned the engine bay really good today and will drive it some more to see. Basically the dipstick is broken in the tube right now, but sealed up very well with the new O rings. My oil level was good before so I will leave it for a few weeks to see how we are looking. Right now there is no chance the the dipstick popping up and leaking that way, so now it's time to see if there are leaks anywhere else.

I don't think its the cam seals. In fact I'm sure it's not. The only possibility I can see is the front main seal or somewhere around the PVC breather box. But I'm not sure if those can leak or not.

But before the oil seems to be coming up even farther than the intake.

Alex

 

Back to the corrosion, I think I used a paper clip or something to clean the connectors, and small piece of sandpaper to freshen up the metal pins.

 

I found this just now, It seems we are not the first to thread this trail!

Glad yours is working!
Tobie
http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/for...p?f=10&t=49538

 

Please explain to set timing on XC90 6 cylinder have chain, removed without marking and head gasket was replaced