cam belt broken to early?

Hello,

Just my personal opinion, but I have always changed the cambelt, idler and tensioner avery 20000 miles, maybe execessive, but with each engine and manufacturer specifying anything between 36000 and 80000 etc, i like to play safe.

It would probably be worthwhile tackling Peugeot. There was an early problem with my 505 which required replacing the wet sleeves and pistons. Apparently it was a fault in the seals. It was outside the warranty period but they finally met most of the costs. If there is good reason to think that the fault was caused by an error in design/ manufacture then in most countries the manufacturer is liable for ever (though the cost of litigation usually makes this not much more than a technicality). Most countries have government agencies which try to enforce the legal principle (which is that all goods sold must be of merchantable quality - which means that they are reasonably suitable for the purpose for which they are sold). And manufacturers are increasingly aware of the opportunity offered by channels such as this newsgroup (or the other one ending in 'sucks') and the press to publicise bad experiences. The 'warranty period' does not limit the seller's obligations under the law. On the other hand, the fact that the failure occurred at 90k, rather than, say, at 2k, raises a distinct possibility that the failure was due to something other than bad design/manufacture. But maybe still worth a try.