2007 rip

bobdabuilda · Oct 17th, 2020, 20:21

My beautiful Blackberry Pearl 07 has died after 11 yrs of ownership and 160k miles. Was driving along at 20mph chatting with the mrs, there was a bang, grating sound and the car just stopped dead opposite a busy junction of course...Took a look under the bonnet and could see the serpentine belt had snapped- AA recovery to local garage and was given the terminal news today. The belt had wrapped around the crank and killed the engine- no compression, dead. Annoying thing is the belts were changed approx 2 yrs ago and only 20k since then.... flew through MOT last week and 4 new tyres 2 weeks ago.... now just scrap value despite being immaculate. So sad

reggit · Oct 17th, 2020, 20:34

Have you thought about putting a new engine in it?

foeism · Oct 17th, 2020, 21:01

That’s not good! And what a way to go!

AB-UK · Oct 17th, 2020, 21:47

Could have been worse - mine (in the 850) gave way in the fast lane of the M1 with my two young children in the back.

hodge911 · Oct 18th, 2020, 10:07

SNAP!! [no pun intended]
mine done exactly the same on tuesday .......
i bought the vehicle oct 2018 and within 4 days of owning had the timing belt kit inc water pump and aux drive belt inc tensioner and idler fitted . used volvo timing belt kit & pump and a gates aux belt kit..
started looking into what went wrong with it yesterday . all of the parts fitted in 2018 were fine [apart from shredded aux belt] the culprit to blame for the aux drive belt failure was the crankshaft pulley separating and allowing the shredded section of aux belt to wrap around crank timing belt gear

i,m going to re-time it today and see if it will start before i start pulling the cyl head off to see what needs repairing

AB-UK · Oct 18th, 2020, 10:27

Forgot to mention - it was only 1 month after my Volvo dealer fitted a new belt, and around 1000 miles.

I think everything had been overtightened (evidence - plastic belt cover worn through + they had to use a hammer drill/screwdriver to remove screws holding plastic top engine cover!).

Dealer claimed the water pump had failed - nothing to do with them they said.
£5000 to repair, but after correspondence with Volvo, I had to pay 10% of this.

gmonag · Oct 18th, 2020, 10:34

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Originally Posted by bobdabuilda

My beautiful Blackberry Pearl 07 has died after 11 yrs of ownership and 160k miles. ...Took a look under the bonnet and could see the serpentine belt had snapped

Commiserations. Were there any warning signs at all? Anything I should be looking for to prevent this happening to me?

hodge911 · Oct 18th, 2020, 13:38

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Originally Posted by gmonag

Commiserations. Were there any warning signs at all? Anything I should be looking for to prevent this happening to me?

I. Had a very slight squeak on start up but only for a minute or so and I thought it was just a damp aux drive belt if I increased the revs by even just a couple of hundred it stopped immediately

bobdabuilda · Oct 18th, 2020, 18:30

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Originally Posted by hodge911

SNAP!! [no pun intended]
mine done exactly the same on tuesday .......
i bought the vehicle oct 2018 and within 4 days of owning had the timing belt kit inc water pump and aux drive belt inc tensioner and idler fitted . used volvo timing belt kit & pump and a gates aux belt kit..
started looking into what went wrong with it yesterday . all of the parts fitted in 2018 were fine [apart from shredded aux belt] the culprit to blame for the aux drive belt failure was the crankshaft pulley separating and allowing the shredded section of aux belt to wrap around crank timing belt gear

i,m going to re-time it today and see if it will start before i start pulling the cyl head off to see what needs repairing

Wow that is exactly what happened to mine- whats the odds of that happening in the same week? Let me know how it goes please?

bobdabuilda · Oct 18th, 2020, 18:34

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Originally Posted by gmonag

Commiserations. Were there any warning signs at all? Anything I should be looking for to prevent this happening to me?

No nothing whatsoever and the car has always been well maintained. Gutted as its been the family ride for 11 years and the only car my late daughter ever went in so sentimental value is beyond compare for me.

Oct 17th, 2020, 20:21	#1
bobdabuilda Premier Member Last Online: May 31st, 2022 11:32 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: south	2007 rip My beautiful Blackberry Pearl 07 has died after 11 yrs of ownership and 160k miles. Was driving along at 20mph chatting with the mrs, there was a bang, grating sound and the car just stopped dead opposite a busy junction of course...Took a look under the bonnet and could see the serpentine belt had snapped- AA recovery to local garage and was given the terminal news today. The belt had wrapped around the crank and killed the engine- no compression, dead. Annoying thing is the belts were changed approx 2 yrs ago and only 20k since then.... flew through MOT last week and 4 new tyres 2 weeks ago.... now just scrap value despite being immaculate. So sad Last edited by bobdabuilda; Oct 17th, 2020 at 20:31.

Oct 17th, 2020, 20:34	#2
reggit Premier Member Last Online: Yesterday 20:01 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Preston	Have you thought about putting a new engine in it? __________________ 2009 Volvo V70 D5 (Polestar 225bhp) r-design 180,000 miles

Oct 17th, 2020, 21:01	#3
foeism Senior Member Last Online: Apr 14th, 2024 17:02 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Caerphilly	That’s not good! And what a way to go! __________________ Mostly driving a Panama Yellow 2000 V40 2.0T Moved on - 2010 XC90 D5 se auto Vivian the 2001 Volvo s40 t4, engine B4204T5 -RIP

Oct 17th, 2020, 21:47	#4
AB-UK Premier Member Last Online: Today 07:12 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nottingham	Could have been worse - mine (in the 850) gave way in the fast lane of the M1 with my two young children in the back. __________________ 2010 XC90 Exec (m/y 2011), Electric Silver 2003 XC90 SE, Ash Gold 1996 850 GLE Estate, Olive Green Pearl

Oct 18th, 2020, 10:07	#5
hodge911 Member Last Online: Feb 4th, 2024 11:38 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: newcastle on tyne	SNAP!! [no pun intended] mine done exactly the same on tuesday ....... i bought the vehicle oct 2018 and within 4 days of owning had the timing belt kit inc water pump and aux drive belt inc tensioner and idler fitted . used volvo timing belt kit & pump and a gates aux belt kit.. started looking into what went wrong with it yesterday . all of the parts fitted in 2018 were fine [apart from shredded aux belt] the culprit to blame for the aux drive belt failure was the crankshaft pulley separating and allowing the shredded section of aux belt to wrap around crank timing belt gear i,m going to re-time it today and see if it will start before i start pulling the cyl head off to see what needs repairing Last edited by hodge911; Oct 18th, 2020 at 10:12.

Oct 18th, 2020, 10:27	#6
AB-UK Premier Member Last Online: Today 07:12 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nottingham	Forgot to mention - it was only 1 month after my Volvo dealer fitted a new belt, and around 1000 miles. I think everything had been overtightened (evidence - plastic belt cover worn through + they had to use a hammer drill/screwdriver to remove screws holding plastic top engine cover!). Dealer claimed the water pump had failed - nothing to do with them they said. £5000 to repair, but after correspondence with Volvo, I had to pay 10% of this. __________________ 2010 XC90 Exec (m/y 2011), Electric Silver 2003 XC90 SE, Ash Gold 1996 850 GLE Estate, Olive Green Pearl

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