1975+ 244DL book suggestions

Timing belt? 1975 Volvo 240 US and Canada used the B20 Engine with a timing chain. 1976-82 used the B21 egine which had a timing belt. For your particular repair, the Bentely manual would be helpful because it covers the B21 engine used in 83-85 turbos. Camshaft installation would be the same as on the turbo car. Hope this helps

Bob W

re: 1975+, that's exactly why the mechanic said it's newer because it had a timing belt :) Registration says 1975, so much for good record keeping, eh. Ok, so is there an easy way to verify the fact that the car has a B21 engine? Or is the fact that it has the timing belt proof enough?

Thanks!!

Ville...

Go here and click on Vehicle ID. Have your VIN handy. the 4th and 5th digits denote the engine in your car.

Bob

Ville Aikas wrote:

There's only one motor with a timing belt from back then, and they're all fixed the same way. There is a lot more camshaft bearing area that is needed, so you can probably get away with removing and cleaning up the camshaft and a careful cleaning up of the offending bearing. However, you need to determine why this happened in the first place. The cam bearings are part of cylinder head, and are line bored with the caps, so you can't use the caps from a different head.

P.S. And the B20 engines didn't have a timing chain, they had timing gears, the fiber camshaft gear was one of the weakest points of that engine.

Thanks very much for all the info, it's much appreciated!

Ville...