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Chuck Fiedler
What is called for for an 850 50,000 mile check? Timing belt? Engine
seals?
Please advise.
Chuck Fiedler
Nothing but Volvo since 1974
seals?
Please advise.
Chuck Fiedler
Nothing but Volvo since 1974
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AJ MacLeod
What is called for for an 850 50,000 mile check? Timing belt? Engine
seals?
Please advise.
Depending on the age of your 850, nothing much or quite a lot!
Obviously Oil&Filter etc, but if it was made before 1994 model year then a
timing belt change too. If you register (free obviously!) for the Volvo
owners circle at http://www.owners.volvocars.com you can get the service
schedules and handbook for your car (and most other semi-recent Volvos).
AJ
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Henry
AJ MacLeod said:Depending on the age of your 850, nothing much or quite a lot!
Obviously Oil&Filter etc, but if it was made before 1994 model year then a
timing belt change too.
If the car was made before 1994 model year, then it should have already
had a timing belt change regardless of how many miles it has on the
clock. Those rubber belts deteriorate with _age_ as well as with use.
My dealer said that Volvo recommends, in general, five years max but
here in the frozen north, due to our special conditions, every four
years. I finally had it done on my '95 850T in 2001, even though the
odometer read only 45,000 _kilometres_ at the time.
cheers,
Henry
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AJ MacLeod
If the car was made before 1994 model year, then it should have already
had a timing belt change regardless of how many miles it has on the clock.
Those rubber belts deteriorate with _age_ as well as with use.
Quite right of course! However, if one didn't know for certain that it
had been done, it would still be important to do it now. Mind you, as I
realised afterwards, I doubt there are many pre 94 850s about that have
less than 50,000 miles on the clock...
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Henry
AJ MacLeod said:Mind you, as I
realised afterwards, I doubt there are many pre 94 850s about that have
less than 50,000 miles on the clock...
Indeed. But there are presumably _some_. My '95 just went in last month
for its 60,000 km (= 36,000 mile) service and if we keep using it at
the rate we have been since it was new we won't hit 50,000 miles until
approximately March of '06!!
cheers,
Henry