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Aug 26th, 2022, 12:21 | #11 | |
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In the meantime the search goes on to establish the correct belt |
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Aug 26th, 2022, 12:41 | #12 | |
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contact FRF volvo swansea they will post you one and give you a discount if you mention this forum.
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I’ll admit I’m completely new to Volvo so I’m still finding my way with them, my timing belt kit is gates as well which is scaring me now as I always presumed it was the best |
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That goes for every single part they buy It has always been the case. Even Bosch did different quality grades of distributor cap... volvo always had the top spec..ford had the bottom one on the sierra for example.
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[QUOTE=Bigblue74;2842004]I’m a little concerned that gates are classed as cheap alternatives, that is kind of worrying tbh, they were always regarded as the best available and I’ve just found out the Volvo oe ones are gates, just spoken to a specialist to try and find out which size and he told me they only use gates and never had one fail, perhaps if gates are the cheap manufacturers that’s why Volvo had failures🤷🏻*♂️
I’ll admit I’m completely new to Volvo so I’m still finding my way with them, my timing belt kit is gates as well which is scaring me now as I always presumed it was the best[/QUO Did you find the correct size ? I wouldve just emailed FRF with my VIN to get the correct size of belt to save all the faffing
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INA and Gates are premium belt manufacturers. You can buy the Kevlar ones without a Volvo part number, they are available for several cars.
Check your alternator freewheel clutch is working properly, these do fail and that's what puts a huge strain on the aux belt at start-up. I have a dead V70 project thanks to a snapped aux belt (previous owner, not me) |
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