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Originally Posted by Kev0607
Does this apply to all models?
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Honestly, I don't know. I use the 5 and 10 year interval but my car is 10 years and only just passed 80,000 miles.
Cam belt, aux belt and all tensioners were changed this year in March as it's annual service was due and it was 10 years old, 75,000 miles on the clock.
My take is if you do near the 18,000 miles a year then it will need changing every 3 years, if not like me every 5 years, BUT I change the tensioner every belt.
Volvo have had 3 goes at designing that tensioner, they should of got it right first time and as we are on option 3 I have little faith that it's now right. So I change it frequently preferring to pay an extra £60 for peace of mind and let others be the guinea-pig.
Paul.