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Car Forum / Alfa Romeo Cars / March 2005Cam Belt
Having just stumped up ?500+ for a 36,000 service and suspension bushes on my 2001 selespeed, the last thing i wanted to hear was the garage ?suggesting? that the cam belt ought to be replaced at a further cost of ?450. I understood 72,000 was the recommended mileage. Anyone else experienced this? >Anyone else experienced this? Yes. Every owner of an Alfa since 2002 Pete  Signature<iowna156@rustclubalfa.com> 156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso (his) 147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's) >Anyone else experienced this? Sorry. I forgot to paste the link <whoops> http://makeashorterlink.com/?U1BB21BAA Pete Signature<iowna156@rustclubalfa.com> 156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso (his) 147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's) >Having just stumped up £500+ for a 36,000 service and suspension >bushes on my 2001 selespeed, the last thing i wanted to hear was the >garage suggesting that the cam belt ought to be replaced at a >further cost of £450. I understood 72,000 was the recommended mileage. >Anyone else experienced this? AIUI there have been premature failures possibly causing AR lots of £££ in warranty repairs. Upshot: change your advice and shorten the interval to about 100000km or 37500 miles. Money saved fro them but maybe not you. But still the alternative is not pretty. Am I wrong? > Having just stumped up ?500+ for a 36,000 service and suspension > bushes on my 2001 selespeed, the last thing i wanted to hear was the > garage 'suggesting' that the cam belt ought to be replaced at a > further cost of ?450. I understood 72,000 was the recommended mileage. > Anyone else experienced this? 72000 is the "official" recommendation, but, alot of people haven't made it that far before it goes wrong. I don't think the official recommendation takes into account the 'enthusiastic' nature of most Alfa drivers. 36000 is being careful. Certainly it should be inspected by a garage. Then they should make a recommendation based on age and condition of the belt and tensioner. 48000 is reasonable, so maybe do it next time if you've just splashed out and they haven't specifically said it is in bad shape. 60000 is probably the latest you should leave it. has.mac has.mac puts on the robe and wizard hat... HARRRRRRRRRR: >> Having just stumped up ?500+ for a 36,000 service and suspension >> bushes on my 2001 selespeed, the last thing i wanted to hear was the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > has.mac I thought Alfa changed their official line on this to 36k.. SignatureDave Get me away from here I?m dying Play me a song to set me free > has.mac puts on the robe and wizard hat... HARRRRRRRRRR: > I thought Alfa changed their official line on this to 36k.. Maybe they have, recently. My service book ('04 Sportwagon) still says 72000. As far as I am aware, Alfa changed the recommendation to 36000miles for 4 cylinder petrol engines, 72000 for V6 petrol. I don't know about diesels. I have a V6, but am going to get mine done at 60k > > has.mac puts on the robe and wizard hat... HARRRRRRRRRR: > > > I thought Alfa changed their official line on this to 36k.. > > Maybe they have, recently. My service book ('04 Sportwagon) still says > 72000. According to my dealer it is :- Check at 36,000 Change at 72,000 anyway. This is for a 2004 147 1.6 T Spark. Having had a failure at 12,230 due to a fault I know what it involves and the new belt etc will be fitted at 48,000. I'm taking no chances. SignaturePaul Woodsford Remove NOSPAM to reply. > As far as I am aware, Alfa changed the recommendation to 36000miles for 4 > cylinder petrol engines, 72000 for V6 petrol. I don't know about diesels. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Maybe they have, recently. My service book ('04 Sportwagon) still says >> 72000. Paul Woodsford wibbled in this way: > According to my dealer it is :- > Check at 36,000 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Having had a failure at 12,230 due to a fault I know what it involves > and the new belt etc will be fitted at 48,000. I'm taking no chances. Indeed. I've just had mine done at 23k since the car is now 6 years old (Spider). SignatureDavid The fish of the day is trout a la creme > According to my dealer it is :- > Check at 36,000 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Having had a failure at 12,230 due to a fault I know what it involves and > the new belt etc will be fitted at 48,000. I'm taking no chances. but how can it be checked ?? Just as easy to change it - and you should NEVER refit an old belt.... |
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