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Old Sep 25th, 2018, 22:36   #21
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Thanks! I'm sure you are right and that's what I thought too. My wife, whose not a Girly girl at all was not here and she would know what's she's doing. I got my daughter to help., next best thing and she has her engineering head screwed on too. She'd hurt her wrist in a Hockey match so couldn't counter the twist of the extensions to keep the Torx square on to the hole and hold the tension at the same time. I then called my mate who, although not at all the engineering type is a PTI in a gym. I thought that despite the lack of practical knowledge his overpowering strength in his upper body would be a walk in the park for him if I gave him precise instruction. "Stop the force when you hit the stop, only a few degrees movement, keep it square etc.etc." I asked him to lay on the carpet I had down so as to secure his body and give him control of the ratchet. After the first attempt he insisted on kneeling! I'm sure he didn't keep it square! I wasn't looking because I was trying to get the belt on from within the bonnet space
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Old Sep 26th, 2018, 01:33   #22
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Just had the Alternator belt snap on my 2010 D3 XC60 on this dark wet night!

Can anyone tell me if its a real pain to replace or a walk in the park. With the torch in my teeth it looks really tight for space down there!
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Why would the engine get wrecked for the Alternator belt? Do I really have to take the liner off to get at it? Tensioner was replaced in 2015. Is it a sprung one or tensioned in the old fashioned way? Does it need a specially short torx drive to get at the tensioner? I can't see much now it's night time
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Going to have to replace the tensioner right now! Not going to have the car running today as the T60 hole broke away. Anyone know the best place to get one without paying a fortune?
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Nope it's the tensioner that broken?

Can anyone tell me if this is a genuine Volvo part? There's no "Made in Italy" and as far as I can see no Volvo part number which I believe is 31330379 for my D3 D5204T2 engine.

Can anyone give me an opinion on a Gates tensioner? I know the general consensus is always use genuine parts but Gates have a very good reputation and I've used them for years on other cars.

Can they really be that much less in quality and reliability?

Can anyone tell me the Volvo Dealer price for this so I don't get ripped off?
Forgive me but why all the questions?
You've mentioned more than once in other threads that you have Vida which gives you all the part numbers you're ever likely to need and a detailed pictorial step by step replacement guide and a quick enter of your part number on eBay gives a Volvo main dealer selling a genuine tensioner and belt for £60 total.
I'm stumped as to why you don't use Vida to research your problem and even more stumped as to why you still want to go non genuine.
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Old Sep 26th, 2018, 09:56   #23
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Forgive me but why all the questions?
You've mentioned more than once in other threads that you have Vida which gives you all the part numbers you're ever likely to need and a detailed pictorial step by step replacement guide and a quick enter of your part number on eBay gives a Volvo main dealer selling a genuine tensioner and belt for £60 total.
I'm stumped as to why you don't use Vida to research your problem and even more stumped as to why you still want to go non genuine.
I'm in the middle of rebuilding my laptop with an SSD as the other started chatter on its way to death. The SQL DB on VIDA was thrashing the living daylights out of the device anyhow and it was painfully slow to use. Sod's law that car chooses to die now.

Since 1976 when I was first on the road I've always used pattern parts where possible (that's good quality ones no crap) and had no problems whatsoever. On my XC90 I used pattern parts extensively with no problems as i did on my Golf GTI and Passat to name a few, my friend runs and Audi RS4 and uses pattern parts. I must stress here all of OEM quality. I'm curious that despite for example Gates being and large manufacturer of repute, why the opinion is that they would be inferior parts. After all, the bits I'm looking at from a Volvo box have, "Made in Italy" on them. I'm half Italian and I know what can happen over there!
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Old Sep 26th, 2018, 10:15   #24
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I'm curious that despite for example Gates being and large manufacturer of repute, why the opinion is that they would be inferior parts
Gates make some excellent parts but they don't specialise in everything.
A Volvo kit uses parts from different manufacturers each with their own speciality so to truly replicate OE quality, you'd need to research who makes each OE part and that isn't Gates alone.
As the link I provided shows, the genuine Volvo kit is priced as such that time spent researching really doesn't yield any monetary or quality benefits from going aftermarket for this job.

Do Gates make a tensioner unit and belt for less than £60? If they do, is the kit truly OE equivalent by individual part numbers?
If either answer is no, I don't personally see the point in shopping around to save next to nothing.
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T60 Just checked on my old tensioner removed 2 months ago
Would you have any info regarding Volvo Serpentine Belt Tensioner/Removal/De-tensioner Tool for a 2010 Volvo XC60 T6? or any suggestions/link if you know where can I find this special type? I need to replace the AC clutch coil. Also any Video or steps on this will be much appreciated
The pulley looks like as shown in the link but none of the place or eBay has a tool to de-tension the belt

"https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Drive-Belt-Tensioner-Pulley-fits-Volvo-S80-S60-V70-XC60-XC90-30777695-LR004667/283391150880?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.S EED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Da1e9c 9c4b0ef4af8acf21476451b88c7%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D 1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D283391150880%26itm%3D283391150 880&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pagec i%3A1ffc8002-6b39-11e9-ad8e-74dbd1804a34%7Cparentrq%3A6df407d816a0ac88e34578e3 ffefe653%7Ciid%3A1

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yes the belt will go in between the
casing and wrap around the crankshaft there are massive forces involved , it can rip the cambelt tensioner out the block ruining the block as well as the head which gets irreparable damage . Applies to 5 cylinder diesel from 2008 to around 2012 on the large volvos , .when volvo finally got to the bottom of it after 3 attempts .. That is why it is crucial to visit the dealer as they pick up on this and do recalls free . .The S40/V50/C70 have a different belt arrangement so are ok
Clan, maybe you could tell me does d5204t3 end of 2012 is having same risk as this d3 engine. Had belt replaced but not tensioner. Apparently tensioner is good then they checked. Thats what i been told. Should I replace it? Thanks
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Clan, maybe you could tell me does d5204t3 end of 2012 is having same risk as this d3 engine. Had belt replaced but not tensioner. Apparently tensioner is good then they checked. Thats what i been told. Should I replace it? Thanks
Are you up to date with the Aux belt recalls ? what type of tensioner have you got , the hydraulic one which you wind back with a big ring spanner or the later mechanical one which you put a Torx 60 tool in to rotate it back?

If the later then the Aux. belt needs changing at 54000 , 108000, 162000 miles etc and the Tensioner every 108000 miles / 10 years together with the cambelt kit .

If you have the hydraulic tensioner , it's been neglected , get it to the dealer immediately for the recall ...where they change it to the mechanical type ,
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Are you up to date with the Aux belt recalls ? what type of tensioner have you got , the hydraulic one which you wind back with a big ring spanner or the later mechanical one which you put a Torx 60 tool in to rotate it back?

If the later then the Aux. belt needs changing at 54000 , 108000, 162000 miles etc and the Tensioner every 108000 miles / 10 years together with the cambelt kit .

If you have the hydraulic tensioner , it's been neglected , get it to the dealer immediately for the recall ...where they change it to the mechanical type ,
My tensioner is with torx60. Thanks for making clear so when cam belt gets change i’ll ask the to do tensioner and belt for aux to Cheers
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sorry to jump the post but ive got a 2014 volvo xc60 d4 ive heard alot anout the aux belt tensioner and zux belt im just wondering if my tensioner will need replacing. im more thn capable of doing it my self. the link some one posted for the £60 belt and tensioner looks like mine. ive added a pic to show it


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sorry to jump the post but ive got a 2014 volvo xc60 d4 ive heard alot anout the aux belt tensioner and zux belt im just wondering if my tensioner will need replacing. im more thn capable of doing it my self. the link some one posted for the £60 belt and tensioner looks like mine. ive added a pic to show it


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You have the new 2.0 litre 4 cylinder engine all the previous talk about aux belts and tensioners does not apply to yours .

What you and anybody else with this later engine needs to know is that
The change interval has recently been revised by volvo .

It is now every 90000 miles or 5 years which ever comes first .
so you will need the cambelt and tensioner and idle roller changing and also the Aux belt and the tensioner shown in your picture .
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