Yea meant seized. It's annoying but is there anything else I should think of doing at 5 years???

dave said:

this guys only lasted 130487 https://www.fiatforum.com/doblo/285111-time-chain-break-unbeliveable.html

good thing with chains was they used to start making a racket before they went giving you some warning, but with today's modern cars being all sound proofed you probably wouldn't hear it

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Yeah I said competition...

No matter what's timing the engine it's always going to wear it's moving all the time. Chains DO last a lot better with low mileage (no rubber to wear & rot)

There's always going to be the human ignorence factor unfortunatly. It would help no end if Fiat revised their service interval!!

Hell it's not like it's a new problem

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Yea meant seized. It's annoying but is there anything else I should think of doing at 5 years???

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Nope nearly everything you should have done at 5 years has been neglected .

Lack of milage & use is just as if not more damaging than using it all the time.

ChrisUK said:

Nope nearly everything you should have done at 5 years has been neglected .

Lack of milage & use is just as if not more damaging than using it all the time.

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They are going to change the alternator belt as well. Dont know what else I can actually do haha

ChrisUK said:

No matter what's timing the engine it's always going to wear it's moving all the time. Chains DO last a lot better with low mileage (no rubber to wear & rot)

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Not necessarily. The GM/Vauxhalls using the 1.3 CDTi are suffering chain issues well before 100k, and the 2.2 petrol suffers from chains stretching if serviced with oil that doesn't exactly match the recommendedspecifications. Even Nissan have major issues with theirs.


The real issue here is the water pumps. Without them seizing up, the belts would last fine.