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cambelt mileage change

Postby ru548 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:34 pm

hi i have a 54 plate tdi connect just turned 90000m
when do i need to replace cambelt?
been told 100000 up to 150000
can anyone tell me the correct mileage!
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby get connected » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:46 pm

The BT Fleet garage change them at 90k.

Though updates happen and this may differ.... will be doing mine sooner than that.... my 54 plater is coming up to 60k... another 15 -18 k should do it..

It's not just about mileage, if a vehicle has done only 20k in 10 years for example, it's had 10 years of cold winters and hot summers and general age degredation of the rubber.

Hope this helps..

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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:42 pm

agree with above, mine's getting done as soon as, as it's still on it's original belt at 125,000 and 9 years old!
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby taz666 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:37 pm

transit connect is 150,000 mls or 10 yrs and ford specify that the chain/belt that runs the pump needs replacing at that time too
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Wobby » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:31 pm

taz666 wrote:transit connect is 150,000 mls or 10 yrs and ford specify that the chain/belt that runs the pump needs replacing at that time too


Can you clarify that one? Do Ford change the fuel pump chain set on every cambelt change?

My chains are at 211,000 miles and haven't been changed :shock: (but they do rattle a little :D )
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Stavros » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:16 pm

Normaly cam belt is changet every 60/90 k kilometers not miles!!!! So in miles every 50kmiles will be ok. Cam chain shuld be changed every 180-200k kilometers.
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Honey monster » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:46 pm

Stavros wrote:Normaly cam belt is changet every 60/90 k kilometers not miles!!!! So in miles every 50kmiles will be ok. Cam chain shuld be changed every 180-200k kilometers.


As Taz666 The FORD TECH,Who is FORD trained and works on Fords and drives a Ford Connect,150,000 MILES or 10 years.
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Stavros » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:01 pm

Honey monster wrote:
Stavros wrote:Normaly cam belt is changet every 60/90 k kilometers not miles!!!! So in miles every 50kmiles will be ok. Cam chain shuld be changed every 180-200k kilometers.


As Taz666 The FORD TECH,Who is FORD trained and works on Fords and drives a Ford Connect,150,000 MILES or 10 years.



Good look mate;) all belts are same material made and is imposible to change every 150 at ford, 60 in vw audi skoda seat, 70 in peugeot renault citroen, 60 in dacia kia deawoo, etc... If you want to realy know how much can doo cam belt cal to gates or continental/contitech or ruwille or INA and aske them how long you can drive on they rubber cam belts. When ypou get the answere go to ford and ask them why belt factory saing up to 90k kilometers (about 60k miles) and ford saing over duble of this distance :mrgreen:

I know somone can be trained but that dosnt mean about they teach him correct things. Im doing mainly VAGs (mean vw audi skoda seat) and VW said the gearbox oil no need to be changed at all and power stering fluid no need to be changed at all. And how they train VW specialist if Gearbox Oil factories said transmision oil need to be changed every 100k kmeters or 2 years and the same with flud in power stearing. So as you see part factory is saind diferent things than car factory. And im belive for part factories as im fitting just part, not whole car :lol:

But ofcourse everyone have own head and will chose what hi want :wink:
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby taz666 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:31 pm

oi stavros, im not some spotty teenager who is still learning, ive been working on fords for the best part of 20 years and its as per ford etis that ive quoted the cam belt replacement interval not a guess off the top of my head, i do appreciate that some belts are made of the same material but not all are the same width, on a connect it only runs between the pump and camshaft so its not that long
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Altransit » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:49 pm

taz666 wrote:oi stavros, im not some spotty teenager who is still learning, ive been working on fords for the best part of 20 years and its as per ford etis that ive quoted the cam belt replacement interval not a guess off the top of my head, i do appreciate that some belts are made of the same material but not all are the same width, on a connect it only runs between the pump and camshaft so its not that long

Hear Hear that man 8) :D

Of course, there's nothing to stop you changing them early if you don't want to risk the recommended mileage :wink:
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Wobby » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:54 pm

taz666 wrote:oi stavros, im not some spotty teenager who is still learning, ive been working on fords for the best part of 20 years and its as per ford etis that ive quoted the cam belt replacement interval not a guess off the top of my head, i do appreciate that some belts are made of the same material but not all are the same width, on a connect it only runs between the pump and camshaft so its not that long


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Taz, are the chains down on the schedule for changing at 150k? Mines well past that and i do have a new chain set thats never been fitted.
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Altransit » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:33 pm

Wobby wrote: Taz, are the chains down on the schedule for changing at 150k?

That's what he said in his post above, belt and chain at the same time :wink:
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby Mylee » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:11 pm

Stav,

It's not just about the material the belts are made from. Have a think about the path the belt takes :wink:
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby taz666 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:12 pm

this is from ford etis when you ask for a service sheet for a connect van
Fuel pump drive chain/belt - Every 150 000 miles/10 years - Renew
Camshaft drive belt - Every 150 000 miles/10 years - Renew
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Re: cambelt mileage change

Postby ru548 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:35 pm

thanks taz you have put my mind at rest for a min! will get it done by 100,000 anyway as i wont need to do i twice! i also get a shudder when i pull away or reverse some times! some say drive shafts/dual mass flywheel? any ideas on that? cheers :D
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