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Volvo V70 timing belt broke while attemting ignition not while driving do you have a chance that you didn't bent the valves?
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∙ 12y ago
I am really sorry for anyone who this happened to and searches for a little light of hope. It is the rule that once the timing belt snaps, the engine is demolished for good. In most cases the cost of repair is way higher than the price of the entire vehicle, except for relatively new expesive cars, which, naturaly, have new timing belts, so it doesnt happen. So if the timing belt broke, no matter when and how, you will either need to replace the engine with a used one to keep the costs low, or give the car up as a totaled wreck. Sad but its the reality. It happened to me a couple years ago with a relatively new Audi A8 with huge mileage (about 200,000). The cost of the repair would be around $10,000+. And that car retailed at that time at 35,000 used.
Zhorns 98 Volvo S70 glt (turbo) I lost a timing belt after the tensioner fell apart, belt popped off. (148k on car, 15 k on timing belt, if ever asked if you want to replace the tensioner say YES) Was on startup when it happened (the belt popping off) We hauled the car home, I rolled up my sleeves and went to work. removed the head and brought it to a machine shop, checked the pistons, no sign of damage, in fact at 148k there was still the original crosshatching on the cylinder walls.. three sets of valves (that's 12 out of 20) had to be replaced, guides were fine, put in a new water pump, crank seal etc while I was in there, new cam seals got it all back together and it purred like a kitten, no more blue smoke at lights (answered the question as to whether it was valve seals or turbo) all together including $600 for the machine shop work, gaskets, water pump, timing belt,tensioner, new tensioner for the accessory belt, new accessory belt just under $1000. I ran the car until 2 weeks ago when my son (bless his heart) lost it on a snowy road, took out a telephone pole but walked out without a scratch (Now it is totaled) but it had 210k on it and was going strong. After the rebuild had 190 lbs compression straight across.
So.. head rebuild, not the end of the world, certainly not the end of a Volvo..
I had a similar situation with a timing belt break on a five year old V70 D5. Volvo want to charge me to assess it. They wont supply the parts to my garage. They want to supply the full head at great cost. I have no legal redress eventhough the part failed 20000 miles before it should have. Anyone who is considering a newish Volvo should beware and think twice
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