Is the 5 cylinder audi engine any good? and can anyone let me know what mileage they will run to without big problems? what interval for cam belts etc?
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If nobody here can help, a post on www.volvospy.com will probably elicit the answer.
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5 cylinder 2.5 VAG engine is strong; I wouldn't let the cambelt run for more than 60,000 miles.
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If you take a look at the car-by-car breakdown for the V70 up to 2000 and the one from 2000 onwards here's what HJ has to say about the Audi TDI engine (not Volvo's own D5 fitted to later model V70s):
"TDI timing belt drives water pump and, if water pump fails, so does belt. Have also been repeated problems of timing belt tensioners failing and throwing off the belt."
"Recall of TDIs to replace timing belt tensioner."
I believe that Volvo's own D5 engine is a much better proposition but if you do get the TDI you'll want to make sure that recall work was done - should be detailed in the service book...
Good luck!
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