Timing Belt Remove & Replace - 2006 Volvo S80 T6 B6294T 2.9L 

Ohh you got the 2.9 T6 as well! You’ll love it. The car will feel a lot more nimble than the feel of heavy tank version of a typical Volvo. But I guess it comes to the cost of all that horsepower now there’s no room left front of the hood lol.🤣

Excellent! Glad to help. Head to ipdusa.com or give them a call if you want to upgrade the thermostat bypass tube from plastic to Aluminum. My repair is a bit redneck but I’m glad at least gives you some insight which are in for. Bless✌🏼🙂 Edit: you may have to buy a new thermostat housing as I think the plastic ones break off the threads. Can’t remember off the top of my head, but they do have the upgrade flavor over there for you to look into

Oh I don’t blame ya. This is a pretty crammed engine bay

Okay

Hands were bruised but one of the Swede Machines is back on the road😁🇸🇪💪🏼

If it isn’t sold in a Volvo box through a Volvo distribution channel, it can’t have the Volvo logo cast into it. Aisin fulfilled the order of parts Volvo had made with them, and continued making a few more on the same assembly line to sell through their own distribution channels. This is always what you want to see, because it means you got the exact same OEM part you’d get at the dealer without paying the dealer tax. Sometimes OEM parts don’t have the manufacturers logo, so it’s hard to know for sure which aftermarket brand to look for that is OEM quality, so it’s always exciting to see that ground off logo. I had ordered some Lemförder strut mounts from RockAuto for my VW without knowing for sure they were the OEM supplier, and was very pleased to see the VW part number cast in and grinder marks where the VW/Audi logo originally was. Got the same part for less than 1/4 the price.

Well said!

Aww man my hands were SORE the next day! I love my car but sheesh those tight places!

Aahh thanks for the clarification 👍🏼. Silly is what I make of it lol. Makes sense as I purchased it thru the World PAC side as I wasn’t about to pay dealership mark up for a logo ha ha 😉

Ahhh. I do have big hands and fingers so getting into these tight places can be cumbersome not gonna lie. If you have more nimble hands you possibly might be all right, but a bigger engine in a smaller engine compartment definitely can lead to some “issues”😉

Oh man this thing is squeezed in here. Plus with my big fat sausage fingers it can be a right pain indeed haha. I think the European version came with a V8 option. I shutter to think working on that monster. I’m glad we will mostly be sticking with old iron😄

Your fingers will naturally stretch as the job progresses. Fun is a foreign word if you're Swedish. Is translates roughly in English to something like hmmm "$189 per hour."

I broke my original plastic one too, but I didn’t bother fishing it out as I bought a new thermostat housing with the aluminum tube from ipdusa.com. (not sponsored or endorsed in anyway). It’s not overly difficult, but it’s just a pain to get to. At least with my big sausage fingers.🤣🤣

@@SwedeMachine Removed the A/C compressor today. I moved the dip stick over and tie wrapped it. I pulled the alternator, set it on end with the base to the left and tie wrapped it to the dip stick. Unbolted the A/C and lifted it right out without dismantling the car!!! Some Volvo engineer is in a lot of trouble!😛

I’ll help you write a strongly worded letter to corporate!😆

Hey Swede, I managed to pull the timing belt onto the tensioner, but it move the cams CCW and off the marks. The way you did it on the idle pulley is the only good way. It pulls the cams CW to the stops. The birds were singing and children started laughing again. @@SwedeMachine

I had to visit Volvo, the coffee machine cost more than 3 of my cars, the bathroom door handles were chrome steel and 3 feet long and the soap dispenser had AI. As I told them what I had to do to remove the alternator, the 3 of them were covering their faces. I finished by saying, "I think I'm in an abusive relationship."😝@@SwedeMachine

Sorry to hear that! Unfortunately I do not have a video of that😕

I have never removed the fan, but according to the manual, the fan itself should come out after you disconnect everything without removing the intake. Huh. Got me stumped…..

Ohhh that I have never tried from beneath to be honest.....might be possible.

I didn’t. I was living on the edge as Steven Tyler once said. Once I took off the belts, I just tell myself don’t bump them and they won’t move lol. I just make sure my timing marks are still in perfect alignment before I install the new belt.

I used my best feel for tightening down the hardware, so no. Should have but no lol. Just be careful on the smaller hardware, bigger hardware like bolts can take it a bit more.

I’m sad to say I cannot advise you as I’ve never been in a VVT Volvo system before. Sorry boss 🫤

Love it! Yeah that thing needs to be swapped out with an LED but the old one refuses to burn out ha ha

So sorry to hear that! Yes at 0 compression the engine will still crank over, but it won’t start. Yes, most likely you have bent valves. Hence the zero compression. There is a few cars I’ve seen that will run, but really rough, with one timing tooth off but that is rare. If your belt jumped 3 teeth positions that I’m afraid you’re gonna have to pull the cylinder head off and assess the damage. That really stinks man I feel for ya🙁

​@SwedeMachine with the codes I mentioned what made the exchst cam to jump ?

My first guess is a stretched timing belt or failed timing belt tensioner. For example the timing belt is so worn out it needed to be replaced long ago. Alternatively, I suppose the variable valve timing unit on the camshaft could’ve failed as well, although I don’t know the VVT system as well on the Volvo’s.

@SwedeMachine the vvt is mounted on top of the camshaft provides oil to the cam since it fiald I guess the camshaft act up and made the jump, do you think if I bring back the correct timing would have compression back ?

@SwedeMachine my question is : is it always valave bent when timming jump in cars ?

I believe it. I think 2007 is the change over year.

I hope that this video gives you some insight as to what to expect. Congrats on the XC90. 👍🏼

Where did you order the timing belt kit from

Ipdusa.com

​@@SwedeMachine I appreciate it man one more question when you rev the 2.9t is it supposed to blow air from near the front of the radiator

@@SwedeMachine is that were the blow off valve connects to seems like both side sides of the radiator blow air out but it appears to be something that is meant to happen I'm not really sure