S-60
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RE: S-60
Welcome to the forum.
On many engines, when the timing belt breaks the pistons & valves will move out-of-sequence and they will collide against each other, which would require a major repair/replacement of the head and in some cases pistons as well. Some Volvos come with engines that do not have this problem, but many Volvo engines are "Interference" design, means you'd better replace the timing belt at every 70,000 miles or 5 years.
I hope this answers your question.
JPN
On many engines, when the timing belt breaks the pistons & valves will move out-of-sequence and they will collide against each other, which would require a major repair/replacement of the head and in some cases pistons as well. Some Volvos come with engines that do not have this problem, but many Volvo engines are "Interference" design, means you'd better replace the timing belt at every 70,000 miles or 5 years.
I hope this answers your question.
JPN
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RE: S-60
Thanks JPN as that was very good information. I am having the timing belt changed today and finishing up on monday. My odometer reads 154000 am I lucky? I don't know if it had been done before. Are there any symptoms or does it just break. My mechanic said there would be major problems just as you described so I wanted to be safe than sorry. Thanks mstrplmber
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RE: S-60
Wow, you ARE lucky.
Tech has posted some pics of what can happen to the heads when the timing belt snaps (you can find it stickied near the top of most sub-forums). The timing belt doesn't always give you warning signs when it's going to go which is why its so important to stick to a schedule. With all this talk of late regarding timing belts, I think its about that time to have mine done.. I don't think I'll press my luck.
Tech has posted some pics of what can happen to the heads when the timing belt snaps (you can find it stickied near the top of most sub-forums). The timing belt doesn't always give you warning signs when it's going to go which is why its so important to stick to a schedule. With all this talk of late regarding timing belts, I think its about that time to have mine done.. I don't think I'll press my luck.
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RE: S-60
Thanks again I feel better now. I may have other questions about my car because I am getting such good advice in this forum. As a matter of fact my key fob only works sometime, I have had the battery checked and volvo says it is good. If I press extra hard it seems to get results about 60% of the time anyone have any suggestions? mstrplmber
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