I have a 95 850 turbo with 130,000 miles on it. I ran the carfax and I am not getting anything on the car. The car was inexpensive, and I knew what I was getting into for the most part when I bought it. I had had some misfire issues, but did a basic tune up, and it all seems to have cleared up.

All signs now point to a pcv problem. Oil under the valve cover plastic top. White smoke, really classic examples. My real question is about the timing belt.

I don't have many records on the car. So, the last time the belt was changed is up in the air. Is there anyway to check the belt, and get a basic idea if it was fairly recent? If not, of course I will simply assume no matter what, it's too important to not replace.

Also, when I pull the parts for the pcv, will I have a better chance of replacing the timeing belt from that point?


Thanks for any input!

-Jeff

 

Not really any advantage to replacing them at the same time. They are two different jobs at different locations on the engine. But, since it is a mistery when it was done you should go with your plans to do both.

 

i would put my mind at ease and do the timing belt regardless.

 

If it has 30k miles, it's time to do it anyways since the interval is 70k, assuming it's been done before at the correct time.