s40 back on the road

jasedarace · Sep 1st, 2012, 18:53

Hoo - bloody -ray

Following the timing belt snapping and the subsequent piston/valve interface (fortunately at the top of a slope so that I could coast the way back to my house), I have now got the dodgy s40 sorted.

Just want to say a big THANKS to Jabe who sold me a head to make the switch straight forward. The volvo moved under its own power today and the motor seems to run sweetly. I took it to the garage to wash off a whole load of grime from where it had been standing under a tree for 4 months.

Initially put back together again, it had a high idling problem which was traced to a brake servo hose (this is the first time I've worked on a car with something called "lamda" in the exhaust and something else called "fuel rail"). The injectors were not seating right and caused me a bit of grief too.

I'll buy some new valves and springs to repair my old head, and overhaul that in my copious spare time (ha!)

So lesson learned. Replace your timing belt on time saves a whole lot of grief and money!

(now need to change the belt on the v90)

gatos · Sep 1st, 2012, 19:31

Yeahhhh. It took a bit of time and lots of effort, but you got it back on the road. Nice one J.

Sep 1st, 2012, 18:53	#1
jasedarace JaseDaRace Last Online: Jul 9th, 2013 20:20 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gisors	s40 back on the road Hoo - bloody -ray Following the timing belt snapping and the subsequent piston/valve interface (fortunately at the top of a slope so that I could coast the way back to my house), I have now got the dodgy s40 sorted. Just want to say a big THANKS to Jabe who sold me a head to make the switch straight forward. The volvo moved under its own power today and the motor seems to run sweetly. I took it to the garage to wash off a whole load of grime from where it had been standing under a tree for 4 months. Initially put back together again, it had a high idling problem which was traced to a brake servo hose (this is the first time I've worked on a car with something called "lamda" in the exhaust and something else called "fuel rail"). The injectors were not seating right and caused me a bit of grief too. I'll buy some new valves and springs to repair my old head, and overhaul that in my copious spare time (ha!) So lesson learned. Replace your timing belt on time saves a whole lot of grief and money! (now need to change the belt on the v90) __________________ JdR now : v90 (long distance hooning), s40 (local hooning) prior : 340, 740, 740D, 740GL, 740GLE

Sep 1st, 2012, 19:31	#2
gatos Premier Member Last Online: Nov 15th, 2022 21:34 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London / Essex	Yeahhhh. It took a bit of time and lots of effort, but you got it back on the road. Nice one J. __________________ Current car: 2002 S40 1.9D, 1992 240SE Nullius in Verba

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