Hello.. I am proud owner of a Volvo V40 1.8L petrol engine, year 1998, 239000km and have now to fight with a timing belt…. The car is currently in a workshop.. She called me on Friday to tell me that the engine is probably broken (ventile crooked).. You don’t want to make a new timing belt for this reason, because it would only cost a lot of money… That wouldn’t be good for me, because the replacement of the engine is very expensive.. Will I then have to buy another car then… To my question: I have read that there is also something like free runner.. Can I imagine anything under this term… Can a help, tell me if my car is also one?? And is it really so, tooth straps ripped = motor broken?? I really ask for help… Can I change a tooth strap myself? If yes I ask for a guide… Must tell me that I live not in Germany but in Norway… If you will send me back your phone number I will gladly call you Thank you Michael.