Overdue cambelts
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Stinkotanko said:
I'm beginning to become genuinely worried about the OP's abilities to successfully get through a day unaided.
Lolled at this.OP cambelts generally last a long longer than the idiots that compile the service schedule will have you believe. Especially on something like a Clio.
Just buy it, drive it normally i.e dont rag the tits off it when cold and downshift too early, and get it changed.
Or if you're really worried remove the cambelt after the sale and put the belt around your jeans on there instead (if it was purchased from somewhere reputable, not Primark), good old mechanics trick that is
dieseluser07 said:
Would you buy a car with this?
Seen a clio 182 which had its cambelt changed 25k ago, but 6 1/2 years ago which is a year and half longer than it should have been.
Would you take the risk and buy it, and get it done asap?
My first mk1 Mondeo - interval is 70k. When it got to 140k I had it changed - turned out it was on the original belt. Seen a clio 182 which had its cambelt changed 25k ago, but 6 1/2 years ago which is a year and half longer than it should have been.
Would you take the risk and buy it, and get it done asap?
There will always be someone who's belt goes 3 miles or a day after the interval is due, but on the whole, a few miles / months should be just fine.
Liquid Tuna said:
There will always be someone who's belt goes 3 miles or a day after the interval is due, but on the whole, a few miles / months should be just fine.
Interestingly change intervals for the same engine and belt can vary between countries - the USA often gets longer change intervals than we do. Intervals on UK cars are generally very conservative, don't know if climate is an issueOn the cam belt, that should be fine. An old cam belt won't cause any problems as long as it does not fail. My old Clio died at 130k from electrical stuff and was still on the original belt, BUT that does not mean it won't go. The timelines they give are conservative, but if it was me I would want it change asap on a nice car (mine was a shed Clio 1.1 that I got with 90k for £1k so didn't care). However, if you are not that sure of cars, do you know enough to work out if anything else has been neglected?
EazyDuz said:
Lolled at this.
OP cambelts generally last a long longer than the idiots that compile the service schedule will have you believe. Especially on something like a Clio.
Just buy it, drive it normally i.e dont rag the tits off it when cold and downshift too early, and get it changed.
Or if you're really worried remove the cambelt after the sale and put the belt around your jeans on there instead (if it was purchased from somewhere reputable, not Primark), good old mechanics trick that is
You have no idea what your talking about.OP cambelts generally last a long longer than the idiots that compile the service schedule will have you believe. Especially on something like a Clio.
Just buy it, drive it normally i.e dont rag the tits off it when cold and downshift too early, and get it changed.
Or if you're really worried remove the cambelt after the sale and put the belt around your jeans on there instead (if it was purchased from somewhere reputable, not Primark), good old mechanics trick that is
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