Removing the timing belt

Fig 1: Identifying Belt Tensioner

Courtesy of VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA.

Slacken off the center screw for the belt tensioner slightly.

Hold the center screw secure and turn the tensioner eccentric clockwise with a 6 mm Allen key to "10 o'clock".

Remove: 

• the timing belt from the camshafts' timing gear pulley
• the screw that holds the inner timing cover to the cylinder head.