I brought my 07 xc90 3.2 in for replacement of the serpentine belt, idler and tensioner pulleys. From what I could see, I thought it was the water pump that was froze but they said no . Unless I am totally wrong, on this year and engine, the water pump is external and driven by the serpentine belt as opposed to earlier years which the timing belt drove the pump. To me it looks like the pump just under and offset of the ac compressor. That pulley is froze solid.
Since the pump was not turning they supposedly performed a pressure test to make sure there was no warped heads or gaskets leaking as when the belt broke the motor over heated. Then they called today to say all the pulleys need to be" REMOVED" to clean them of any debris from the belt and if this was not done it could lead to big problems. I never heard of having to remove the pulleys to clean them. Bottom line they say it's gonna run about $1500 Sounds like total insanity to me.I wasn't expecting it to be cheap, but WOW!
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