Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval

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Sun 4 Oct 2015 18:48
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - fstormin

I am considering buying this used van that has 92,000 miles on the clock. When should the belt, pulleys & tensioner be changed as I have not inspected the owners service book.

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Sun 4 Oct 2015 21:02
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - Peter.N.

Generally the renewal interval for the Hdi belt is 100k so I certainly wouldn't leave it longer than this.

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Mon 5 Oct 2015 14:23
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - Railroad.

These topics have been done to death. Personally I think mileage is irrelavent, and cambelts should be renewed and servicing carried out on a common sense basis. Every car is different, every driver is different, and every set of circumstances is different. So why would it make sense for servicing and maintenance to be the same for all?

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Mon 5 Oct 2015 14:27
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - gordonbennet

Well its either due soon or now, might be an idea to try and negotiate it as part of the contract to buy, no joy? i'm sure there's other vans for sale.

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Tue 17 Oct 2017 18:43
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - peter plava

cam belt just broke on my 2004 Berlingo at 63,000 miles

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Wed 18 Oct 2017 10:16
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - John F

cam belt just broke on my 2004 Berlingo at 63,000 miles

Any reason? Was it the original? Were there any warning sounds (although diesels are so noisy you might not have heard a failing bearing) or smells (friction burning of belt slipping over a seizing tensioner pulley)? Modern belts don't 'just break'.

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Thu 8 Oct 2015 20:42
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - Cyd

10yrs or 100k

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Wed 18 Oct 2017 13:34
Citroen Berlingo 1.6HDI 75BHP 2010 model - timing belt & tensioner change interval - Gibbo_Wirral

And whichever comes soonest.

I've seen some disgustingly poor service intervals on some cars because the owner didn't read this and it was upto 4 YEARS between oil changes because they didn't do the mileage.

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