IPD Volvo Red Block Engine Timing Belt Walkthrough 

A good video of something that I do weekly, but so much more could have been shown. A video of this job IN THE CAR would be a great improvement. And the replacement of the two lower seals, by removing the timing cover, would be proper. The water pump fan studs are a frequent source of trouble, and the cam gear bolts are not so easy to remove sometimes. The proper fitting of the crank pulley, with all three belts in place, could almost be its own video. But I'm doing this actually IN the engine compartment, where I'd imagine you are too. All new timing belts will have alignment marks to mate with the cam dots and crank notch.

Thanks guys! Watching this video gave me the confidence to go ahead and do it myself! Good to know if I mess up no damage will be caused to the motor due to my potential error on belt alignment!

Thanks for this, I haven't done one of these in 20 years, and now my daughter got bit by the Volvo bug. :)

I love my 1992 740 with 430K miles. Runs fantastic and I can change the timing Belt in under 2 hours including breaks and putting tools away.

For 20 years I have been driving redblocks (7-900's) that were mostly 'pre-loved' (yes that word makes me cringe but it can be true) and sometimes 'pre-neglected', I've driven them hard (not so much in Holland but during my years on the Balkans), and although I had sometimes very old belts in the cars they never ripped on me. By now I drive a mint '97 940 which I service meticously in every respect, including the belts. This particular job for me (a DIY-er) is so simple and straight-forward that in my garage shed I can do it in under half an hour easily. On long trips I bring a spare timing belt (along with a few other critical parts), even stranded on the roadside I'll do it in less than an hour with a very basic set of tools, a 24 socket for the big pulley and a bottle of orange nail polish (for timing markings on belt and gears).

This is a fantastically clear and informative video. Thank you very much indeed.

Great video. It is amazing how many people complain when they must not have paid much attention to your remarks about this not being for the 16 valve, Just did my sons Volvo 244 and since the upper plastic timing cover is missing the timing marks your video came in handy. Original belt was off by a tooth. now she has the power that she was meant to have. thanks.

Not all engines in this family are non interference. The 16v engines (B234F) are inteference engines aswell as the carbureted B200K and B230K engines. The B200K and B230K were specced for high compression, the B230K has the flat 631 head with the combustion chambers in the pistons instead of the head, and as such will damage the valves if the timing belt breaks or is incorrectly installed. The K-engines were not available in America though so I suppose that might be why that information is omitted from the end note. So if you happen to have any of these engines be extra careful with your timing belt service intervals and installation.

i was scared to see this video but now i know how easy it is to do! THANKS

Excellent video which I found very helpful. Having the engine in a cradle does make the job seem easier than it is, but for instructional purposes, the cradle allows the viewer to see the procedures with clarity and without obstruction. The crankshaft pulley holder is a nifty tool, which I didn't have the benefit of. However, I took a grinder to a G clamp and shaped it to fit into one of the tool location points in the pulley - does the job pretty well. I found conflicting information about valve/piston clash on the net, but IPD were spot on, and my red-block 240 suffered no damage following the snapped cam belt. Thank you to IPD for such a professional and useful video.

this is a great video guys! if ONLY everything went this easy, but it almost never does lol

Since you've got the engine this far apart, Change the belt tensioner anyway, It's not an expensive part.

This is a fantastic video. Thanks for the help guys!

8:35 Easy with the torque on the crankshaft pulley bolt, the CORRECT TORQUE IS 44 FT/LB OR 60 N.M plus an additional 60 degrees or 1/6th of a turn according to the genuine volvo manual. And for the Camshaft and intermediate shaft sprockets the correct torque is 35 FT/LB & 37 FT/LB respectively.

it is me--or does the crankshaft pulley red-mark move off the Zero mark in the video? was it supposed to or is that an error in the video?

I wanted to ask a question. I recently had to replace a timing belt tensioner. At the same time, I went ahead and replace the harmonic balancer. After installing the timing belt and the tensioner and the harmonic balancer. I started the engine without the alternator, air conditioner, and power steering belt. So I can make sure the timing belt and the harmonic balancer is installed right. Is the harmonic balancer suppose to wobble? Is this because the belts are not on it? Or is there a problem?

Very helpful, thanks for sharing!!!

Well done, excellent video. Thanks for sharing 👍

Is there a smaller diameter water pump pulley that will fit on the same mounting holes of the 740?

U just saved me al lot of money. Thx

Thank you for the good video. I have a B230FK,with a ignition distributor behind the motor, so I think that the position of the middle gear is not important and in this case only for the drive of the oil-pump?

great vid, Ok , I went according to diagrams ... crank wobbles and I didn't know the single marks vs double mars ! aha! my engine runs , but heck not well ! thanks for the info !

How do you take the water pump off!!!!!!!!?????????.

Awesome! Thanks for this! Is there a video like this for a camshaft swap?

What's the seal behind the water pump? Guess it's the water pump. The cylinder beside this. Think I have oil coming from there

Thanks 🤗👍

Thanks!!!!

Great video 👌 thanks :)

Quisiera saber la sincronización del volvó 460

Small world out there! Yeah NEVC!

I look at this video.And could not help and notice ,did you forget to replace the keyway on the crankshaft? It looks like it is not on,then you put on the crank pulley on ? I stand to be corrected? Thank you.

Hopefully someone is still on this site... Is there a reason you can use a self locking nut on the tensioner to let it keep tension all the time on the belt instead of locking it in one position

do the timing belt setting change if a turbo is added

Great production video 🙄🙄🙄🙄

I just did a headgasket job on my 94 940 and followed these steps. The car ran beautiful for 50 miles then I parked it. This morning It started right up but 60-90 seconds later it died and now It will not start and isn't cranking properly It just makes a whirring noise consistent with how long I hold the key on start. I've checked my timing and all is lined up correctly. I don't think it's my starter because the engine is turning over it just doesnt sound like it should Usually the whole engine shakes and it will go, eh-eh-eh-eh. I hope someone can please help me thank you

And if you don't have the 'IPD tool PN: T5284' how do you remove the 24mm crankshaft bolt?

thank you the dealer charge 1000 dollars for this

Naprawdę silnik B230 ma konstrukcję bezkolizyjną? Przecież jest to silnik prawie identyczny z silnikiem B200, w którym musiałem wymieniać pogięte zawory, gdy pękł pasek rozrządu. Silnik ten miałem w Volvo 340. Do filmu chyba wkradła się "drobna" nieścisłość?

Put a new seal in with your fingers?! Are you joking? I'm not King Kong. By the way, mark on the intermediate shaft means nothing here if this was 740 /940 model.

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