IOPTURBO Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 So I replace my Timing belt and all the bearings religiously in all the Volvo's I have and have had in the past(quite a few over the years). In my S90 I was under the hood the other day checking fluids and noticed something sticking through the timing belt cover. It was the Tensioner Roller. It only had 30,000 miles on it so I was 1. Relieved that I caught it before it came all the way out and ruined the engine and 2. Pissed that it had failed. The bearings, like pretty much everything Volvo related I've purchased, was purchased from FCP Groton. I contacted them about the premature Tensioner failure and received a generic and unsympathetic reply. You would think they would like to know about a part of this importance failing and glad that it was caught before anything major was damaged. Instead I received an e-mail that said you purchased it 457 days ago, tough luck. I've dealt with them since the beginning of their existence (back in the days where it was just Nick Bauer and half the time it wasn't in stock so he had to order it but was always helpful). Just sharing a recent experience that could possibly save a lot of people future heart ache/ expensive repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEWFPO Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Was this an Volvo part or another of FCP's second rate parts? DEWFPO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOPTURBO Posted September 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 The bearing was NSK, what a piece of junk. Glad I caught it before it destroyed the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEWFPO Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 I'm glad you caught it as well. It could have been very expensive. When it comes to the timing belt/tensioner/pulley I always go with Volvo OE blue box parts. DEWFPO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnout8488 Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I know this is an old post... but: 1) NSK just makes bearings, very good ones in fact, used across a great many brands of OE and aftermarket parts for various makes and models. 2) The roller is what failed, not the tensioner itself, as the roller wasn't the correct size to fit onto the bearing. (I know, it's basically a tensioner failure anyways) 3) You didn't answer the question - was the tensioner an OE Volvo part or aftermarket? I'm guessing cheap aftermarket, but maybe it was a freak Volvo Blue Box failure. 4) FCP isn't at fault, the supplier is. FCP has been very good about pruning out low quality parts from their catalog, and that's simply all they can do at this point. 457 days is a long time, especially since they don't have a complete history on your car. I completely believe that it was a freak failure, but from a business standpoint, they can't hand out free stuff to everyone that has a failure hundreds of days outside the warranty period. If you post up the brand, or a link to it, others can avoid purchasing it just in case they're still being produced like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Riker Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I know this is an old post... but: nuoh my god did you get lucky! Grats on saving your motor. Picture of whole car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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