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96 860 GLT timing belt failed twice! 850 1996

posted by  vwbanks on  Wed Jan 5 10:34 CST 2005
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That is my thinking too...that it may have been a tensioner problem. I don't really trust that the shop knew what they were doing (the first failure did cause total destruction of the valves so a "new" engine was put in - it was the shop-owner that told us it had 70K miles on it - but they also put a new timing belt in that engine when it was installed in our car).

There is valve damage again this time, but since the engine is still under warranty it will be replaced by the shop free of charge. Perhaps then we should have a certified Volvo mechanic check the timing belt and tensioner. If we do that, do you think it would prevent a future recurrence? Because this new engine won't be warrantied, and if there's a risk of it happening again we'd rather get rid of the car.






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