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You know this, but i want to share a belt story i had with my Volkswagen Bora.
The car was a good car. Changing a belt was highly expensive.
For european wps friends i tell a price in euro i had to pay for a belt change.
Why it was so expensive-
€850,— each 5 years or when the Volkswagen reach 90.000 km’s. Belt recommendation change for the AGR code TDI is 90.000 km.
Why a high price? Part is mostly from Continental.
A waterpump change included, because when building out, it is easy to replace the waterpump. Other driving train parts, catrols.
A set cost around (guess in my head) €238 incl country tax).
The guy who do the job in hours, again a tax sum is on this.
So, there is the invoice.
The reason i drive a chain equipped car, is not the high price i paid for the Volkswagen.
My current car is strong, so it would not match with a tiny belt.
For Volvo i wil recommend to go using chains.
Not good for the service centers, but good for the owners of Volvo’s.
I know a lot of Volvo, i am an employer.
My fave is a S80 and Polestar. 
A customer stop by last week
and ask me to look at his XC70 he bought a month ago. It just stops, can you see what is wrong with it. So I take a look and send him this pic. Now his is not so happy longer because the seller told him the belt was changed not long time ago. ...
It looks like the belt is old
so at the moment my customer discuss it with the seller. The repair cost is maybe 75% of the cars value so I guess it goes to the junk yard.
belt versus chain
My car have a chain, so i have no worries. Honda. Know, Mercedes use also chains.
I know what you mean, Jocke.
My car mechanic friend always say: “whatever rotates, breaks”. ...
Lol
You know this, but i want to share a belt story i had with my Volkswagen Bora. The car was a good car. Changing a belt was highly expensive. For european wps friends i tell a price in euro i had to pay for a belt change. Why it was so expensive- €850,— ea...
bmw use chains too
ask some N47 owners what they think😂😂😂 But u ve right in perfect world a chain is forever
I know
so long people don't do longlife service and change oil at 15000km will there be no problems. If they change at 30000km the chain will break.
Factory recommendations
Hey Jocke, great technical car info you share! I am a dream for the car makers i think. I bring my car each 15000km for servicing. Why not 20.000km? Thats because i use my car, and sometimes i think it is a sports car and have fun hitting the throttle. An...
You may not know the secret behind the LL service
there s no oil which good for 30k ,even the manufacturers know that however the carbon footprint includes the emission,etc and the service too , longer service interval less penalty for the car manufacturers that s the reason they ve introduced the LongLi...
LL
I know LL from Volkswagen. Never understood why you should drive so long without bringing the car for service. Everything which get good service works longer and better. For example a watch which see a great watch service center on time, stay accurate. Sa...
BMW 1 series from the beginning
I saw a video of a BMW 1 serie with a chain problem. Many strange noises came out from the engine bay. The engine is in-line build in do rwd, the chain is at the fire board side. If BMW tackle the problem with the current model, i do not know. You say the...
N47 is the engine code for 2.0L diesel , there was so many broken chains that BMW replaced those during a recall
but the 3.0L diesel had the same problem , as Jocke said LL service for these recently released TBs is death sentence...
To some people the belt change (and the multi-belt or whatever that one is called and the water pump and the rollers) cost so much money
that they wait - and wait even a little longer - and then it is too late. I got a Ford Mondeo for my wife from a friend with a replacement engine - for close to nothing. The previous owner had neglected the change interval - his loss, my gain. ...
Smart
Smart purchase. Always good to know about car technics. Even a Ford is a good and great car as the service recommendations followed up. For example my aunt drove a 16 year old Renault Twingo which was as new, because an owner handles with care.
Maintenance schedule
If a car is serviced as per the maintenance schedule and intervals etc. then neither belt nor chain should break. It’s usually the result of poor or no maintenance
Maintenance is mostly ignored by many people
So my nephew show his Mercedes. This car could be better if it had receive more love. Today my nephew is happy with another C klasse. ...
Some car needs some serious work
here I change belt, support wheels and water pump on a Audi A4. ...
So when we all go drive Audi
You can buy more beautiful watches. When an Audi driver complain about high service costs, an answer could be, - never heard of Mercedes Benz? Mercedes, is not cheap, we know, but in my opinion far better then the cars from Ingolstad.
that looks worse than my Volvo hood release cable
On my newer Lotus I have 47,000 miles and the cambelt interval is 60,000 -- I am taking a chance by not changing it yet but I like to live dangerously, and my car is driven pretty easy and maintained. In theory the belt can be changed without taking the w...
I have never change a hood cable at a Volvo
so I will nat say it is a common problem.
That looks expensive. I am glad my Jeep uses a timing chain as well.
This is my 6th one and I have never had to change one. Including one I ran for 350,000 miles, before it was lost in a accident. The 4.0 liter straight six is a bulletproof motor. ...
Best Wojo
Car manufacturers use belts, and other car manufacturers use chains. Jocke told us why many chose belts. Chains are when the service is correctly followed by the schedule, bullet proof. The people who are against chains say, chains make noise, so it is no...
Interesting timing (pun intended!)
As I just got a belt job done on my alfa multiair, including water pump and tensioner. Yes it's more expensive than a chain and I did it at 8yrs/50k km but I track my car and this little thing brings me so much joy that on a smile per mile ratio it's comp...