Thank you

I will check out the blue ridge volvo club. I googled volvo mechanics and the one specialty shop in town other than the dealer will not work on pre 2002 Volvos.

I actually went by autozine today 5o get a code read. It was the p0442 small leak code. From what I read there is not a straight forward answer to fix that. I am going to start with the visual inspection of hoses and hope something stands out.

Further to Spook's thought on the timing belt. A relatively low mileage car in top shape such as yours may well have had a conservative owner and been dealer serviced at the suggested service intervals. Check local Volvo dealers with the VIN to see if they have records. It could save you a fair chunk of change in belts, idlers, tensioners and labor.

The TB service interval for your B6304 is 70K mi, so at 160K may well have been recently replaced, or it could be quite overdue. Unless you can verify both belt mileage and age then best to replace it. The two idler pulleys are sometimes routinely replaced every 2nd belt, the tensioner idler often with every belt, so both idlers may be due with the next belt or at least carefully checked to make sure they don't spin too easily. Of special interest is your automatic TB tensioner being checked and/or replaced, in addition to its idler pulley. To do that properly you probably need to use a belt gauge to make sure it's still maintaining tension to spec, else it should be replaced.

The serpentine drive belt does not have a service interval, just inspection. It also has an auto tensioner that should be checked at this age. You can usually tell an old belt by its looks, but with a low mileage belt it may look fresh. When folded both ways, there should be no hint of cracking along it's length.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now

Dear eventoday
Hope you're well and stay so. I've never owned/driven/repaired a V90 or any other Volvo with a six-cylinder engine. Having read many posts by those who have, I suggest you should st once get changed the timing belt AND tensioner.

The B6304 engines are of an interference design, unlike the B230 engines used in most four-cylinder Volvos. So, a broken timing belt or seized tensioner means valves strike pistons. If the engine is not ruined, the repair will be very costly.

Unless you have iron-clad proof - dated work receipts with part numbers included - get this work done as soon as possible. Avoid driving the car until it has a new timing belt AND tensioner.

Prof. Google informs that there's a Volvo dealer at 208 Hunter Airport Dr, Fletcher, NC 28732.

This dealer may - or may not - have a mechanic familiar with rear-wheel-drive Volvos, last produced in 1998. If so, I'd ask that the old timing belt and tensioner be returned to you. That will tend to confirm the work has actually been done.

Do NOT accept assurances that the timing belt "looks OK". Rubber items - belts, hoses, tires, etc. - deteriorate with time and exposure to air. So 10-year-old tires - with just 50 miles of use - are truly junk. Whatever the cost of getting a new timing belt AND tensioner, it is nothing compared to the cost of finding a replacement engine or having the head rebuilt.

If this dealer has no one qualified, they may refer you to an independent garage, that has someone familiar with "vintage" Volvos.

Best of luck!!!!

Hope this helps.

Yours faithfully,

Spook

Good luck with your new V90.

Start searching for a Volvo wiring diagram for the V90
Volvo wiring manual TP3934202.
Your best friend for wiring issues.

Bill