Oil in my Distributor Cap

James Paul · Post by **James Paul** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 9:52 am

Can anyone help me on this one?

I have to clean out my distributor cap every so often as it gets oil deposites all over it.

Has anyone had this problem or knows how to solve it? I have posted this before but it was right before we changed over to the new forum, and can't find much about it in the old one.

Thanks

James

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:51 am

Hi James,

The problem is the camshaft seal has gone.

When this happens oil drips into the dizzy cap from the end of the cam. I dont know how simple a job it is to change.

Gerrsvolvo or DBSVolvo will be able to tell you.

levensnevel · Post by **levensnevel** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:56 am

Well,

i'm bit of a lazybone so i'll just copy n paste an entry of my 'webblog' at PistonHeads

qte...

Wednesday 2nd May 2001
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194.185 km / 120.660 miles

Repair : distributor cap

Past few weeks my Blue Bell became more and more reluctant to respond to the accelerator and in the end she refused to respond at all
We managed to reach a parking lot near Apeldoorn close to the highway and called the ANWB for assistance. When the man arrived he quickly discovered the source of all our troubles The distributor cap was full with oil because the gasket almost gone. When everything was cleaned with a cloth I phoned my mechanic straightaway and made arrangements for a repair the next day and continued my journey back home.

Â£56.00
...unqte

repair included new gasket & new distributorcap

James Paul · Post by **James Paul** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:03 am

Thanks Jamo,

I did guess that was where it was coming from, but looks a bit time consuming to replace it.

The thing is that she seems to run perfectly, nice and smooth, maybe only a little judger if i take my foot off the gas at low speed. I imagined that the oil would make a bigger difference than it has?

I'll wait for the other guy's to explain. I would prefer to do it mayself, as i have fallen out with my local so called 'expert'!!!!!

thanks

J.

dralphs · Post by **dralphs** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:12 am

James (or is it paul?)

I had to do it on my old 480 2.0 es

its quite easy, just follow the instructions in the haynes manual.

You'll need a new seal from Volvo unless Euro Car Parts or German & swedish do them, along with new rotor arm & cap.

Basically you drill a small hole in the metal part of the seal & screw in a self tapping screw. Grip the screw with a pair of pliers to pull the seal out.

You can try levering it first but it probably won't work.

Dave

James Paul · Post by **James Paul** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:13 pm

Thanks Dave,

Can you remember what price you paid for the seal, want to make sure I am not over charged?

cheers

James

dralphs · Post by **dralphs** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:50 pm

Hi James

sorry i can't be sure, i think it was about Â£10 from Volvo

Euro Car parts list

part no. 369660150 FRONT CAMSHAFT OIL SEAL 3/400 B172K+B18 Â£10.35
part no. 369660220 REAR CAM SEAL 340 / 440 DIST CAP SEAL REN 1.7
Â£6.34

*All prices shown exclude VAT.

Problem is without a diagram, which one do you need, although i guess its the dist cap seal

GSF Car parts list

V11734 REAR CAM AND DIZZY SEAL 480 2.0i Cat. B20F 92>95 Â£4.00

look on their site at http://www.gsfcarparts.com/

Dave

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:07 am

to add on dralph's post :
You can download a partscatalogue here at this site (dragon) which will answer the unsertainty dralph has about his.

luck
jpf

James Paul · Post by **James Paul** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:22 pm

sorry for the delay in getting back,

Thank you very much for the help on this one. I will let you know how it goes.

Cheers

James