C30 Engine : - 1.8 timing belt

Jstans · Apr 2nd, 2022, 15:52

Hello,

I just bought my first car, the Volvo C30 1.8 petrol. The car is a beauty!
After a week I noticed that the engine has a timing belt. I thought the 1.8 engine has a chain. Could the engine have been modified? Or is this perhaps the 1.8 flexifuel?

Hope someone can help me clear things up.

PNM · Apr 2nd, 2022, 19:42

The factory fitted 1.8 petrols (Inc flexi fuel) are definitely chain driven. They do have 2 aux belts though, one for the ac and one for everything else, could you be mistaking one of those for the cam belt? Either that or someone has swapped the engine our for something completely different, which seems unlikely.

Apr 2nd, 2022, 15:52	#1
Jstans New Member Last Online: Apr 2nd, 2022 15:52 Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Assendelft	1.8 timing belt Hello, I just bought my first car, the Volvo C30 1.8 petrol. The car is a beauty! After a week I noticed that the engine has a timing belt. I thought the 1.8 engine has a chain. Could the engine have been modified? Or is this perhaps the 1.8 flexifuel? Hope someone can help me clear things up.

Apr 2nd, 2022, 19:42	#2
PNM Member Last Online: Yesterday 18:44 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Midlands	The factory fitted 1.8 petrols (Inc flexi fuel) are definitely chain driven. They do have 2 aux belts though, one for the ac and one for everything else, could you be mistaking one of those for the cam belt? Either that or someone has swapped the engine our for something completely different, which seems unlikely.

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