Timingbelt change interval / longevity question. `60 101 Giulietta Spider Abnormale, `65 Giulia Ti, `70 GTJ 1600, `71 Spider 2000, `74 GTV 2000, `98 156 V6 manual, `2000 156 2.0 TS manual. of you live in large population centres and get caught in dense traffic it would be a huge gamble to go beyond what Alfa Romeo recommend. Thebulletin announcing the changed intervals was issued by Alfa Romeo on 13/11/2006 so it's likely that your 2007 handbook preceeded this change (which applied to all Twinspark and JTS engines but excluded the V6). As you say though, if the plastic impeller only lasts 60km then that's your timing belt change interval taken care of! Theservice book states replace timing belt at 72,000 miles. Mine has failed some 10,000 miles short of this. OK, its Alfa Romeo talking bollocks and the dealerships not using any common sense OHs 1.6 multijet Jan '09 went in for a service on Monday with 106KM (66K) and the garage insisted on doing the cambelt. Had a look on here and found threads on the petrol. it states that the auxiliary belt needs to be changed at 63K and the cambelt at 84K. Auxiliary belt definitely needing changing since the power steering was sluggish to get Inmy opinion, Alfa Romeo’s 18,000 miles oil change interval is very optimistic. I think that no MultiAir engine should go longer than 10,000 miles or 12 months between oil changes. Alfa Romeo started with the 18,000 miles but reduced the interval to 9,000 miles after a while. My guess is that too many MultiAir units must have failed early. CGTrading. 2934 posts · Joined 2009. #9 · Nov 24, 2010. Low mileage advice. 3.0 V6 24v engines have a metal impeller, 2.5 & 3.2 have plastic ones. Most Alfa specialists don't recommend changing the water pump on a 3 litre. CrispDust said: Don't risk it Ask anyone whose had a thrown cambelt. AlfaRomeo Cam Belt Replacement on 1.6l and 1.8l TS engines. Remove upper rocker cover by undoing the 4 ribe fastners one on each corner, on early CF1 cars this will be alloy not plastic. Timing belt tensioner nut 24-29 Nm 18-21 lb.ft. 12 Nm 9 lb.ft. Inlet camshaft pulley bolts 12 Nm 9 Theofficial Alfa scheduled change (believe that if you will) for the 2.0 is exactly the same as the other diesels, ie. 84k (gulp) or 5 yrs - or 4 yrs for use in 'harsh conditions'. I changed my belt and pump and tensioners, etc, on my 2008 2.4L at 138000 ks (87000 miles) here in NZ. The pump, belt, etc, still looked and felt good, but I App Vay Tiền Nhanh.

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