Timing Belt

Some cars are harder on belts than others, and of course if you have an 'interference' engine like the Volvo 5 cylinder, you don't want it to break. Still, assuming it was done at 50k miles, whether it was urgent to have it done would depend on things like driving habits and age of the belt...

I would have done it even sooner than that. If that belt breaks, the engine is toast, a new belt is good insurance.

I'm assuming that this was the second change, not the first. I know of no interference motor with a recommended belt change interval of 105k miles. I think it's 50k for the Volvo I-5.

: >> Just curious, : >>

: >> Sherwin : >

: > 105, on an interference engine is to long to risk a motor. : : : I'm assuming that this was the second change, not the first. I know : of no interference motor with a recommended belt change interval of 105k : miles. I think it's 50k for the Volvo I-5.

Timing belt replacement for '92/'93 models with 21 mm wide belt is every 50

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The Haynes V70 Manual also says 70 000 miles or 7 years. Volvo's VADIS says 80 000 miles or 8 years.

I changed the timing belt at 142 000 miles, I also put in a new waterpump just in case.... It's a bit tiresome to have to change the belt again at 160 000 miles because of a bad waterpump.

Speaking from experience with my 240, I wish that I had changed my timing belt at 50k. It broke on a back road in Georgia on a hot day in July. Took several hours to find a tow truck and shop that could do the work. When I got back to the car, the kudzu had already started climbing up the wheels.

TKM

That's odd, I thought the change interval on a 240 was 75K. I've replaced one on the side of the road before, wasn't my car, and wasn't much fun. Don't think I'd try that on a hot day in Georgia though, ick, that's worse than freezing one's butt off in the winter.