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S80 '06-'16 / V70 & XC70 '07-'16 General Forum for the P3-platform S80 and 70-series models |
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May 13th, 2019, 08:25 | #1 |
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Wife’s XC70 had this belt snap/ shredded yesterday. It’s been recovered to he local Volvo specialist- Sheffield and Meredith. We had this changed two and a half years ago and a new tensioner fitted as part of its regular maintenance programme. The car does around twenty thousand miles a year on the motorway mostly. We need it to be reliable in spite,of its 180,000 plus miles. It’s a 2010 vintage. Am I right to be disappointed at this failure? It doesn’t seem a long time? Are these a more regular requirement? It’s probably 50,000 miles it’s run.
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May 13th, 2019, 09:30 | #2 |
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As I understand it[could well be thinking of a different engine though]while the timing belt will go for something like 8yrs/100,000mls or so the auxiliary/alternator/serpentine belt is more like 4yrs/45,000mls.If I'm correct then yours would have been due on mileage.
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May 13th, 2019, 09:32 | #3 |
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50k is the service interval for the serpentine belt if I'm not wrong
That said it shouldn't have failed on its interval, and there should be a safety margin that would see you far beyond 50k (possibly 100k, but that’s a finger in the air guess, not based on anything but the idea that a 2x safety factor seemed reasonable, and should not be taken as a recommendation but more to reassure that Volvo engineer these things with this in mind and recommend replacement as appropriate) prior to failure, The most likely explanation from experience is one of the pulleys is providing some extra resistance, Possibly a clutch or bearing on the way out, enabling the belt to slip, id get every pulley and the attached rotating component's checked and tested prior to refitting a new belt, Was the replacement belt and tensioner Volvo, I know its cliché but some things that don’t seem to wear well with Patten parts. TLDR, More than likely something else is up, the belt failing was a symptom and a straight replacement many not last too long Rob
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I agree, the belt failing was possibly a symptom of a worn bearing after that mileage.
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May 13th, 2019, 15:14 | #6 |
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Collected the car this morning from Sheffield and Meredith.
He said I was lucky it hadn’t taken out the cam belt or anything else when it went. Simply snapped/ shredded itself. The car had new belt and tensioner two and a half years ago. They told me that Volvo have now apparently recognised a problem with the belts being prone to weakness and had developed a new stronger belt they now supply.They only buy these belts to fit now as the car supply places don’t guarantee a new stronger belt. Just under ninety quid fitted and back on the road before lunch and I’m ok with it. So be aware there is a newer stronger belt available from Volvo and the old ones must now be considered prone to failure. |
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I know the belt has to be changed every 54,000 miles, but if the belt and tensioner were changed to the new mechanical type, does the tensioner then need to be changed at every 54k belt change or does the mechanical one last longer?
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Only the Aux.belt is on the schedule to be changed at 54000 miles , The tensioner is changed with the cambelt every 108000 miles ..
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