Cam belt advice
The cam belt on my 97 UK turbo is roughly 2 years old now and has only done 2000 miles on the car at most. This was all replaced when the engine was rebuilt back then. I'm wanting to change it due to age rather than wear and am wondering if I'd be wise to change any idlers and tensioners or just replace the belt itself?
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Funny you should mention it, my windscreen is cracked and I've had the rear quarters repaired too.
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Great input by the way.
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Did you ever change the belt on yours yet?
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Originally Posted by Xline
(Post 11515957)
No worries.
Of course you should change the idlers, and the tensioners, and the other belts, and the plugs, and the filters, and the oil, and the coolant, and the tyres, and the discs, and the pads, and the bulbs, and most important the air freshener. 2 years, and 2K miles is an absolute killer on all these things. You know sunlight, UV radiation, rain, snow, it is all out there just decomposing your car as we speak. FFS get a grip, 2 years and 2K ... :D |
Originally Posted by FMJ
(Post 11515966)
In short. You don't need to do it. By changing things too much you can do more harm then good. You will curse when you strip a thread or bugger something up when you didn't really need to do it. Just follow the service schedule.
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Originally Posted by piehole1983
(Post 11515967)
That's all I was asking. Thanks.
But even at 3 years if you have only done 3000miles and the belt looks fine it will almost certainly do another year. Obviously to be safe go for the three years prescribed. |
My belts and idlers were changed 9k ago, just had them done with new idlers and tensioner with a hks race belt about 9 mile ago :)
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I was just thinking it would be a smaller bill paying for a belt than a rebuild. I don't know what standard belts are made from but we all know what happens to rubber parts that are stood for a while. The car sat for a year after a rebuild until I bought it.
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Originally Posted by piehole1983
(Post 11515984)
I was just thinking it would be a smaller bill paying for a belt than a rebuild. I don't know what standard belts are made from but we all know what happens to rubber parts that are stood for a while. The car sat for a year after a rebuild until I bought it.
At any point in time any of your sensors could fail and cause bad readings which ruin your engine. At any point a pipe could pop of or split causing extra boost blowing your engine. At any time any of the internal engine components could fail. At any time the oil pump valve could fail ruining the engine. The ECU could develope a fault again ruining the engine. There are soooooooo many things that could go wrong at literally any second. There is nothing you can do other then keep the service intervals up and look after it the way you are supposed to (ie the way Subaru who spent millions developing it tell you to). I too worry about all sorts but you can drive yourself mad. You need to stop worrying and have fun. |
^^^^ What he said^^^^
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Im on my 4th belt,2nd tensioner at 113k. Never had an idler on mine. Id wait till the 3 years is up and fit a belt just checking the idles and tensioner
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Agree with above, but your tyres are made of rubber,steel & canvas, when were they last changed?
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I'll hang on for a year then!
Tyres need changed now, rears are pretty low and some cracking showing here and there. Plus I think the size/profile is too small. |
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