2010 S60 (D3) Aux belt change (snapped) Help

neil00001 · Feb 4th, 2018, 09:45

Good morning All,

Aux belt snapped on the wife's car in the middle of town, managed to get it in a car park after replacing for a known charged battery.

Luckily no damage to the engine, starts and runs fine apart from DSC warning and no power steering.

Now i am trying to find a new belt locally.

But having read through some of the posts on this subject, i have seen T40 and T60 Torqs used to take the pressure off the belt on the tensioner.

Which one is correct and is there a "how too" somewhere?

Thanks in advance All !!!

Cheers,
Neil

neil00001 · Feb 4th, 2018, 15:20

New belt found from local supplier, not much info found on the web as a guide.

My tensioner was a 15mm bolt which you push towards the rear of the car to release tension. Not a lot of room to work with but doable for DIY.

My Method:
Get the belt over the Cranshaft pully (its a PITA) first then PAS pully, then tensioner, release pressure on tensioner and slip over alternator pully.

Check to make sure belt is not snagged on anything after each pully and is aligned correctly before starting the car.

Will do my son's s60 D3 next weekend too.

HTH.

Cheers,
Neil

GrahamBrown1 · Feb 4th, 2018, 16:10

The belt breaking suggests to me you haven’t had the tensioner or belt replaced as part of any service. This is a must you are lucky it hasn’t ruined your engine as most of the time the belt wraps around the crank pulley and takes out the Cam belt. The tensioner is another week point so I would change that as well. Volvo do the belt and tensioner as a kit for about £80

neil00001 · Feb 4th, 2018, 16:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrahamBrown1

The belt breaking suggests to me you haven’t had the tensioner or belt replaced as part of any service. This is a must you are lucky it hasn’t ruined your engine as most of the time the belt wraps around the crank pulley and takes out the Cam belt. The tensioner is another week point so I would change that as well. Volvo do the belt and tensioner as a kit for about £80

HI Graham, I thought the tensioner was good for 108k miles, I only have 87k miles on mine, do you recommend I also change the tensioner?

Cheers,
Neil

GrahamBrown1 · Feb 4th, 2018, 17:02

Yes the belt and tensioner should be changed at 54k miles. If you keep to that you won’t have any broken belts or worse a damaged engine. The smaller stretch belt for the AC is to be changed at 108k

volvo for ever · Feb 4th, 2018, 18:21

very very luckt quite common fault thats why i advise renewing belt evry 2 years to my punters £30 for belt ..£3000 grand for cylinder head job you choose which is cheaper lol

Feb 4th, 2018, 09:45	#1
neil00001 New Member Last Online: Jul 14th, 2021 12:37 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bilzen	2010 S60 (D3) Aux belt change (snapped) Help Good morning All, Aux belt snapped on the wife's car in the middle of town, managed to get it in a car park after replacing for a known charged battery. Luckily no damage to the engine, starts and runs fine apart from DSC warning and no power steering. Now i am trying to find a new belt locally. But having read through some of the posts on this subject, i have seen T40 and T60 Torqs used to take the pressure off the belt on the tensioner. Which one is correct and is there a "how too" somewhere? Thanks in advance All !!! Cheers, Neil __________________ Neil 2010 S60 D3 Man

Feb 4th, 2018, 15:20	#2
neil00001 New Member Last Online: Jul 14th, 2021 12:37 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Bilzen	Resolved New belt found from local supplier, not much info found on the web as a guide. My tensioner was a 15mm bolt which you push towards the rear of the car to release tension. Not a lot of room to work with but doable for DIY. My Method: Get the belt over the Cranshaft pully (its a PITA) first then PAS pully, then tensioner, release pressure on tensioner and slip over alternator pully. Check to make sure belt is not snagged on anything after each pully and is aligned correctly before starting the car. Will do my son's s60 D3 next weekend too. HTH. Cheers, Neil __________________ Neil 2010 S60 D3 Man

Feb 4th, 2018, 16:10	#3
GrahamBrown1 VOC Member Last Online: Today 19:18 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire	The belt breaking suggests to me you haven’t had the tensioner or belt replaced as part of any service. This is a must you are lucky it hasn’t ruined your engine as most of the time the belt wraps around the crank pulley and takes out the Cam belt. The tensioner is another week point so I would change that as well. Volvo do the belt and tensioner as a kit for about £80 __________________ Previous -03 S40, 04 V70 D5, 04 V70 D5 Sport, 05 V50, 07 S60 D5, 09 V70 D5 R design, 12 XC60 DrivE, 15 V60 D3 Current- 05 XC90 D5 Exec, 12 XC70 D4 AWD Se Lux, 14 S80 D3 Se Lux

Feb 4th, 2018, 17:02	#5
GrahamBrown1 VOC Member Last Online: Today 19:18 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire	Yes the belt and tensioner should be changed at 54k miles. If you keep to that you won’t have any broken belts or worse a damaged engine. The smaller stretch belt for the AC is to be changed at 108k __________________ Previous -03 S40, 04 V70 D5, 04 V70 D5 Sport, 05 V50, 07 S60 D5, 09 V70 D5 R design, 12 XC60 DrivE, 15 V60 D3 Current- 05 XC90 D5 Exec, 12 XC70 D4 AWD Se Lux, 14 S80 D3 Se Lux

Feb 4th, 2018, 18:21	#6
volvo for ever Premier Member Last Online: Feb 4th, 2023 15:10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: uk	very very luckt quite common fault thats why i advise renewing belt evry 2 years to my punters £30 for belt ..£3000 grand for cylinder head job you choose which is cheaper lol

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