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Oct 13th, 2018, 19:20 | #1 |
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Cambelt Replacement
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I finally got around to doing my cambelt today. The belt on there was a genuine Volvo one bit it didn't have the timing marks!?! It had done 13k mikes and was 5 years old done almost 5 years to the day. Old belt Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE To fit the crank pulley locking tool I had to go past tdc weirdly. None of the guides mentioned this. Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE Almost ready to come off Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE No going back now! Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE New belt on Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE All timing marks lining up, phew. Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE Volvo 940 B230FK cambelt replacement by Luke Ryland - Flickr2BBcode LITE And utter relief when it started and drove perfectly. Job officially jobbed! |
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Oct 13th, 2018, 21:32 | #2 |
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Well done that man
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Oct 14th, 2018, 01:03 | #3 |
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Good job and write up Luke!
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Oct 14th, 2018, 11:16 | #4 |
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Did the cambelt on my v70 2.5tdi on Friday night/ Saturday. Very different proposition! Oh for that much space! Glad yours went well, always a relief when then start up again.
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Well done!
I can't remember the recommended mileage /time interval for cam belt change, mine was changed about 2 years ago, 20,000 miles. Not sure if I should feel so confident as I do of the B230FK's non-interference
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Changing a cambelt is like having a bath. Do it on your birthday whether you need it or not. It's your birthday, you are entitled to one treat. I change the cambelt every four years. Because. Whilst I am removing the radiator for good access and visibility, I can time that with flushing and changing the coolant which I do every two years. And with the cambelt change, I change the thermostat and the other belts. The hoses, including especially those pesky heater hoses, I change every second cambelt change. Eight years. Use Castrol red grease on the hoses. Vegetable so won't damage the rubber. Makes changing them much easier. That is partly what I have done and partly the plan that I have laid out for the car. EDIT: When did we last hear problems from great big top or bottom hose? Those little heater hoses develop a tiny but very bothersome little fountain leak .... EEEEEEK !!!! . Last edited by Stephen Edwin; Oct 14th, 2018 at 12:06. |
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Oct 14th, 2018, 12:10 | #7 |
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I just googled your Castor red grease Stephen and the manufacturer says it is rubber compatible
I googled it because I know that not all things veg are kind to rubber! Running diesel engines on pure vegetable oil eventually wears out rubber the pump seals and lines. 'Vegetable' sound innocuous but clearly is not always!
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Oct 14th, 2018, 12:23 | #8 |
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That's an interesting refinement of the vegetable issue Laney thank you.
Yes. Castrol red grease is sold as rubber compatible. If I remember correctly the product is sold by is it a specialist division or such like? Anyway I have a useful tub of the stuff from eBay. There is a seller who seems to dollop it out of large Castrol specialist containers in to useful sized containers. By the way. Petroleum such as jelly (Vaseline) is not kind to rubber. Ask Durex .... . |
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Vegetable, like herbal, can indeed sound innocuous. (Herbs are vegetable.) BUT. If herbal remedies work, how can they not have additional effects, side effects? Our bodies are in one way like a boat, pull one end in and the other end goes out. And of course a number of established medicines are vegetable based. And some terrible poisons are....vegetable based. . Last edited by Stephen Edwin; Oct 14th, 2018 at 13:05. |
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Brings "kill or cure" to a whole new level! As for the side effects and the boat theory, i agree but prefer to think more in terms of an old fashioned weighing scale and the balance needs to be maintained. That said, with cars, very often the boat analogy is very apt - one thing fails so one end of the boat drifts out, the item is fixed bring about a correction but that end is still drifting, cue the "Domino effect" where other components in the chain fail because of extra strain imposed on them while the first component was failing. I've also heard "boat" used as an acronym for "Break Out Another Thousand" for the repair costs on your floating money pit commonly known as a boat. Now that's really off topic! Except for the fact that some Volvo Penta engines (marine versions) were based on the red-block so maybe not that far off at all!
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