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Sep 12th, 2018, 20:18 | #1 |
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Cambelt life
Hi all. Just booked my volvo in at volvo and found out that my V50 2.0D Cambelt has a lifespan of 144k miles or 10 years. That's pretty a long time. Anyone know why??
Also the service cost would of been £1490 but thanks to this its now £380 |
Sep 13th, 2018, 11:26 | #2 |
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Yes the latest 4 cylinder VEA engines are 144k. I believe the 5cylinder engines are 108k.
I guess it is improvements in materials and possibly (probably?) engine designs. My 2007 Fiat has intervals of 75k or 5yrs. My old Lancia in 1992 was 30k or 3yrs (and I ended up bending 11 out of 16 valves after only 22k when it snapped at about 39 months old! ) |
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It’s a long way isn’t it. Personally I wouldn’t go further than 75k for the cost and amount of damage that would occur |
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Where did you get the 144k figure from ? That is for 18000 mile service intervals ... £1100 for a cambelt and aux belt change is extortionate It is a fairly straightforward job 2.5 hours labour
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I have never heard of any cases of broken belts or tensioner failures on these Ford/Peugeot/Citroen engines in my professional career since volvo started using them in 2004 to 2011...
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I'm pretty sure this is the Ford engine. The service manager told me the Focus (same engine) cambelt change is at 110,000 miles or ten years whichever comes first.
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Sep 13th, 2018, 17:29 | #9 |
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I see. I had the same thought about the price. A lot for a Cambelt change. It Is at the volvo dealership though.
It's a 2010 with 88000 on clock. Been an expensive year atm so next year it'll be done. Maybe not at volvo though. Also I don't really go above 3000rpm so there's not too much stress on the belt |
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VW recommend four years, Audi five years.
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