Volvo C70 T5 belts - replace when?

Volvo C70 T5 belts - replace when?

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BlueStar66

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570 posts

242 months

Friday 13th May 2005
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At what kind of mileage ought the belts to be changed on my Volvo C70 T5 coupe? I've had it from new; it's a 2000 model on a 'W' plate - coming up to 64K miles.

My owner's handbook doesn't offer any advice along these lines and nor has anything come up immediately doing a quick Google search - hence my asking the collective on here...

Tam Lin

694 posts

260 months

Friday 13th May 2005
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Haven't got the manual to hand, but from memory this should be in the "Technical specifications" chapter, on the page after the engine specs: IIRC it's 80000 miles, 120000 km.

Changing the belt early never hurts, especially if you intend to keep the car...

BlueStar66

Original Poster:

570 posts

242 months

Friday 13th May 2005
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Tam Lin said:
Haven't got the manual to hand, but from memory this should be in the "Technical specifications" chapter, on the page after the engine specs: IIRC it's 80000 miles, 120000 km.

Changing the belt early never hurts, especially if you intend to keep the car...

Many thanks for the pointer - I will have another look in the handbook tonight.

80K miles is good news - and indeed I do intend keeping the car for some time yet (it's so competant at what it does as a daily driver).

With some 16K miles in hand, it's not something I need to worry about for ~9 months or so I'd say - doing it at 75K miles to be safe.

Many Thanks.

sumplug

62 posts

233 months

Friday 17th June 2005
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no! volvo reckon on 60k.me personally 40k!! too many engines have i seen with bent valves.also the T5 engine is known for bending conrods!!