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Hi guys just booked my 2005 2.4 V70 in for its 75000 service and told them to give me a price to do the cambelt replacement
the reply was theres no reason to do the cambelt until the 100k service
I phoned two dealers to get a comparible price on the service and was told this by both of them
when I asked them do they have many come in with broken belts they both said they have never had a car in with a broken belt
I would have thought they would have jumped at the opertunity to replace it at Ā£340.00 but both said it would be a waste of money ?????????????
is this a different belt than the ones in this thread ?
I dont understand the dealers reluctance to replace the belt at this mileage if there is / was an inherrant problem with them ill have a look before it goes in for its service thanks Tech
It doesn't look like the timing belt is all that hard to replace in this engine.
Can you see those small cracks just by looking at it with the cover off, or would you have to do a hard bend like you did in that pic to see what shape it's in?
Well, I checked it out today and i have the same kind of small cracks as in your pictures you posted, only I think mine may be a tad bit worse. I have 74.5k miles.
It doesn't look all that hard to replace the timing belt yourself. It looks like you just remove the covers, remove the S-belt, remove the crankcase pulley, and you can easily get to it. Does the block and pulleys have markers on them where they are supposed to be lined up to, and are the t-belt pulleys easy to replace?
I can scrape up the money to get it done, but I'd rather try to do it myself if it's not that hard. I'll just do the t-belt, pulleys, s-belt and all the tensioners all at once as long as I'm doing it. I do have a second car to drive just in case.
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RE: Timing Belt precautions!!
