Potential new 440 owner.

Davecatt · Jul 16th, 2014, 12:47

Hi all,
I'm looking at adding to the 940, with a 440 1.8 (1783)?
It's got 79,000 on the clock and been well maintained and under sealed so no corrosion on wheel arches etc. Looks great, main thing is I can't find any info on when the Cam belt is due to be changed, can anyone help?

Thanks
Dave

Anadinolin · Jul 16th, 2014, 13:45

if its an injection (1.8i) approx 6 years or 60k is safe, i prefer to do mine every 48k miles or 4 years - these cars are slightly prone to early belt failure for some reason. when i looked at mine you are only ever going to damage a valve and scratch a piston if the belt ever snaps (fingers crossed it dosent). its a lot less messy than most "moderns"

as a general rule of thumb, change the belt when you buy yourself a used car. if you do the work yourself, apparantly you can keep the damper on the engine. the bolt and nut to get it back on are P.I.T.A let alone the lack of space. the belt itself is easy to change once you look past that.

its about £90 for a contitec belt kit - comes with idler, pulley and belt with some gaskets. water pump is about £30 and an aux belt kit is £8 the tensioner i got remade at a local shop for about £40

jeff t · Jul 18th, 2014, 20:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anadinolin

if its an injection (1.8i) approx 6 years or 60k is safe, i prefer to do mine every 48k miles or 4 years - these cars are slightly prone to early belt failure for some reason. when i looked at mine you are only ever going to damage a valve and scratch a piston if the belt ever snaps (fingers crossed it dosent). its a lot less messy than most "moderns"

as a general rule of thumb, change the belt when you buy yourself a used car. if you do the work yourself, apparantly you can keep the damper on the engine. the bolt and nut to get it back on are P.I.T.A let alone the lack of space. the belt itself is easy to change once you look past that.

its about £90 for a contitec belt kit - comes with idler, pulley and belt with some gaskets. water pump is about £30 and an aux belt kit is £8 the tensioner i got remade at a local shop for about £40

Another one for you Anadinolin, only 36 left of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-460-...item19f0a2c406

Jul 16th, 2014, 12:47	#1
Davecatt Junior Member Last Online: Apr 17th, 2023 03:50 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Warrington	Potential new 440 owner. Hi all, I'm looking at adding to the 940, with a 440 1.8 (1783)? It's got 79,000 on the clock and been well maintained and under sealed so no corrosion on wheel arches etc. Looks great, main thing is I can't find any info on when the Cam belt is due to be changed, can anyone help? Thanks Dave

Jul 16th, 2014, 13:45	#2
Anadinolin VOC Member Last Online: Jun 20th, 2022 14:32 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Upminster View Photos By: Anadinolin	if its an injection (1.8i) approx 6 years or 60k is safe, i prefer to do mine every 48k miles or 4 years - these cars are slightly prone to early belt failure for some reason. when i looked at mine you are only ever going to damage a valve and scratch a piston if the belt ever snaps (fingers crossed it dosent). its a lot less messy than most "moderns" as a general rule of thumb, change the belt when you buy yourself a used car. if you do the work yourself, apparantly you can keep the damper on the engine. the bolt and nut to get it back on are P.I.T.A let alone the lack of space. the belt itself is easy to change once you look past that. its about £90 for a contitec belt kit - comes with idler, pulley and belt with some gaskets. water pump is about £30 and an aux belt kit is £8 the tensioner i got remade at a local shop for about £40 __________________ what good music deserves is full deep bass to give it warmth. the stock volvo sub works....just at high volumes Drum n Bass and dubstep Last edited by Anadinolin; Jul 16th, 2014 at 13:50.

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