Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: C-Thru. on February 02, 2012, 11:48:56 am
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Following on from a few posts asking about Cam/timing belts...
Citroen recommend 100k or 10 years for renewing. Try NOT to leave it too long!
I Did just that! My van has just hit 80k but on a 51 plate is 10 years.
I keep my motor very well serviced, we do oil, filters etc every 8-10k without fail, did just that 6 weeks ago, only for the engine to go bang 10 days ago!
Two tow trucks and franticly ringing round to find an available garage, Finally got an estimate £1200
Hired a van @ £130 week (cheap I Know, EuropeCar Online) back to work, got the call Thurs afternoon van fixed.
Turns out Belt had slipped two teeth knocking timing out, luckily only breaking a rocker arm and only one valve needed re-seating, but £926 later plus van hire (did get one day hire refund for early return) it was a very expensive lesson and a lucky one that more damage hadn't been done.
So the moral of this story fella's don't leave Cam belts till manufacturers recommendation replacement date!
Do it earlier!
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I bought a Citroen Dispatch with 70K on the clock; first thing we did was change the cambelt even though the seller to the garage (we bought it from a garage) reckoned he had had it changed; but there was no supporting paperwork.
Does anyone know if all those little stop start journeys we often do (well we do) put more strain on the cambelt?
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for what it cost then just do it,way before it due.
better to be safe than sorry
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Do not get what you are saying. Van is 10 years old so according to the manufacturer was due a cam belt change.
The 2.0 hdi is every 10 years or 100k. I think on the 1.9 td a cambelt change is recommended a bit sooner. Which is yours?