Aux. belt tale of woe!

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Aux. belt tale of woe!

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Dec 4th, 2019, 09:08	#1
zapcity1 Senior Member Last Online: Mar 12th, 2024 23:09 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Ipswich	Aux. belt tale of woe! My 2012 XC60 D3 (5cyl) is on 88K miles, so being cautious, I thought it was about time for another aux. belt and tensioner. I've read many a tale on here of aux. belt failure damage, so didn't want to get caught out. The original was changed at 4 years and approx. 50k miles, so I booked it in at my local independent for no.3. The wife was on her way to the garage when the car ‘died’ after a loud noise in the engine bay. After being recovered by the RAC, the diagnosis is not good. The aux. belt has failed, taken out the cambelt which in turn has trashed the head. Repair cost is £3400 which includes a refurb head. When trying to explain this to the missus she asked the sensible question, “why does a small belt failing cause so much damage? Why isn’t this prevented from happening by a cover or something?”. I couldn’t answer this!! __________________ Now: - MY12 XC60 SE Lux Premium D3 Geartonic AWD, MY09 XC70 D5 SE Lux Geartronic AWD, MY08 C70 SE Lux D5 Geartronic & 1994 480GT Previously: - MY08 V50 2.0D SE Lux, MY08 S40 1.8 SE, MY10 C70 SE Lux 2.0D Powershift, & ’99 V40 2.0T SE Lux

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