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Originally Posted by Clifford Pope
If that's true then all the pulleys on mine were worn out after 110,000 miles.
Do you really fit a new crankshaft pulley at 100,000 miles - is that a regular service item? 
It seems hard to believe - are Volvo pulleys made to inferior standards to other cars? |
no . not many had new pulleys , they just replaced the belts which got rid of the noise for a while . but 100,000 miles + is when the squeaking becomes apparent , you only have to look at the water pump pulley to see how polished and worn it looks , perhaps the belts were too hard , too good a quality , they did tend to last forever .
Another point , the alternator and in some cases the power steering pump were rubber mounted , and oil gets on the mounts and causes the bushes to weaken putting the pulleys out of line which increase the wear .