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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 18:46
19/10/2017 18:46
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chipped
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Mine was done three years ago, maybe done around 10,000 miles. Whats the verdict?
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 19:02
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GrahamL
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Official figures from Fiat are 6 years or 72K miles for the 20v, whichever comes first. That's in every owners handbook, maintenance schedule and service manual that I've seen. People often quote lower figures but I've never seen anything from Fiat saying other than the above. I left mine until 9 years as it had only done 33K , but I think I was secretly hoping it would snap so I could just scrap the car and wouldn't have to bother changing the belt and clutch myself.
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 19:13
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When I picked up my Coupe in Feb it had the original belts which were by then 19 years old- but with only 36,000 on the clock. I was bricking it as I drove it at a sedate pace back from Glasgow to Leicester after reading some of the previous belt posts on the forum and horror stories about what went wrong. I booked it in to JBT to change the belts as part of the work I wanted doing and he did this but remarked the old ones were still in excellent condition.
Doris the 1998 Portofino Blue 20V and Zoe the 1999 Alfa Romeo 916 Spider Bog standard needn't be boring...
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 19:27
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GrahamL
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My belt still looked fine at 9 years old but there wasn't much tension on it so it had definitely stretched and needed replaced. There's only so much adjustment possible in the spring of the automatic tensioner. I think the 6 years/72K belt limit is reasonable.
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 20:51
19/10/2017 20:51
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Just thinking this myself. Looking through my documents the cambelt was done 7k miles ago but that was in 2009 . I'm thinking though that a belt change on a 16v could be done by any decent garage as it's less hassle than the 20v? Also I've read that an uprated Alfa pre-tensioner should be used as the original Fiat component is cr*p. Anyone heard of this?
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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19/10/2017 22:41
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Is it really overdue Nigel? Eek! It depends on your viewpoint - we tend to be very cautious with cambelts and suggest every three years, regardless of mileage, but I’ll accept that we’re erring on the safe side 4 years is ok, given your mileage, but I would be getting it done soon. Low mileage is just as bad, if not worse for belts, as they can perish through lack of use
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: Nigel]
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20/10/2017 07:30
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Is there actually a recorded case of a cambelt going on a 20v / 20v Turbo? It's my understnding that auxillary belt failure is what normally fouls the cambelt?
F****** b****** thing...
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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20/10/2017 08:47
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I used to change my auxillary belt every 2 years as it was only £20 to do for peace of mind and cam belt every 5 years .
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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20/10/2017 08:55
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I dont want to cause panic... but my experience has been VERY lucky due to a couple of very close calls with the belts - the worst by far can be seen in one of my old posts Here See photos on near the bottom of page 2 to see just how lucky I was! As such I plan on getting mine done in the spring when I plan on putting her back on the road. Admittedly mine is a turbo and possibly more prone to failure due to the extra power? I have probably only done a couple of thousand miles since they were last changed. Expensive job but far cheaper than the alternative.
Last edited by X19_pilot; 20/10/2017 08:58.
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: AnnieMac]
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20/10/2017 10:31
20/10/2017 10:31
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When I had my belts done a couple of years ago I paid a bit extra and had JBT fit one of his 'Modified Lower Pullys'. This is in the hope of reducing catastrophic engine destruction by stopping the auxiliary belts wrapping themselves around the cambelt. Hopefully I'll never need its services...
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: X19_pilot]
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20/10/2017 11:05
20/10/2017 11:05
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I've had two cambelts taken out by auxillary belts over the years. One bent every valve so I had a new head fitted - when they were rare (and expensive ) It went again in 2012 but only took out half of the cambelt at the time. For the price of these guards, it's a no-brainer really.
F****** b****** thing...
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Re: Is my cambelt due?
[Re: barnacle]
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20/10/2017 19:12
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Apropos of breaking cambelts: pootling around at low revs doesn't help, daft as it sounds...
Coupes never pootle, they ROAR!!!!
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