kamikaze

i have a my00
it is 4 years old and has done 25k miles

the guys at prosport in manchester say that a cambelt is changed at 45k miles

Now i was under the impression that this was 4 years regardless of mileage

what do you think??

milo

45k OR 4 years. whichever is sooner. better safe than sorry imho.

my car is coming up for a 90k service in terms of time ive had the car, but has only done about 50k miles.

misty

Kamikazie, My my/00 has only done 9000mls but I'm having the belts done in April when it's 4 years old m8!
dave

Graz

Get it changed, it's not worth the risk/cost of a knackered engine against the cost of a cambelt change. They do degrade with age as well as mileage.

scoobyslut

The timing belt is a "rubber" one, so it will age definately, as do the alternator drive belt and air con drive. If you much prefer to spend money on an engine rebuild, leave alone, you'll find out the expensive way,no problem.

Low mileage is more of a belt killer than high mileage users as the belt does tend to retain its shape from standing, causing cracks.

[Edited by scoobyslut - 1/5/2004 5:20:50 PM]

misty

Who has had, or heard of (genuinely) a belt letting go on a scoob? I've had one go on a 323i beemer but it had done 115K on one belt!. My old 420gsi turbo had done 100k and the belt looked like new! I've known numerous escorts and astra's going, but never of a Scoob!
dave

Jolly Green Monster

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Probably because the kind of people owning scoobs up until now are not silly and change the belts when their time is up..

Since everyone under the sun is buying the old ones now I am sure you will see lots of belt failures soon..

Escorts and Astra's have been around for years and sold in higher volume.. not even going into the build quality but treat a scoob with the same service respect as the average Escort driver and I am sure the cambelt will let you know it is beyond retirement time.

Be interested to know if there is much valve clearance.. my old MR2 Turbo snapped a cambelt at 95mph and 4500rpm.. with no damage, don't think I'll risk the scoob though.. The MR2 belt went on age, it still had 10k miles to go btw.

JGM

MrDBM

some MY00's have the 4 year 60k interval, slightly earlier models have 3 year / 45k intervals.

You need to check the chassis number, and IIRC an 'X' means 45k, and a 'Y' means 60k.

That probably meakes no sense at al, but Ian at Stan Palmer Subaru did a much better job of explaining it to me - might be worth dropping him a line

CataIunya

Wheres the cheapest place to get oem belts from Subaru themselves ?

scoobyboy

we had a forester in a few months back for a 90,000 ml service and when the customer picked it up they noticed a cambelt on the invoice and said they that was the first one it had had they didnt know it even had one at all!!