1997/98 S90: Timing Belt - What to do when age exceeds wear?
1997/98 S90: Timing Belt - What to do when age exceeds wear?
My wife's S90 has mostly been sitting these last few years. It has 113,354 miles on it and the timing belt, idler pulley, and tensioner were replaced back in August of 2015 with just 108,874 miles by my Volvo mechanic who has since retired. That's less than 4500 miles in 9 years. I'm debating whether to change the belt out. I've done the job myself once when we first bought the car in 2003 with just 60k miles on it. I have this feeling that I should change it. What do you think?
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I'd change just6 the belt, yes, based one the 9 year interval.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6
153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
Thanks erikv11, my belt arrived yesterday from RockAuto and I'm changing it out today. I was quite surprised that the Continental timing belt is made in Great Britain. On a side note, my first choice was a Gates belt that was on clearance but stupid California wouldn't allow it, grrr.
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