Cambelts

What is a cambelt?
The cambelt (timing belt) is one of the most important components of your car engine. Essentially, it is designed to keep the bottom half of the engine in sync with the top half.

How often should I change my cambelt?
Most vehicle manufacturers recommend a cambelt change every 40,000 to 60,000 miles or roughly every 5 years. If you don’t change your cambelt when it’s due, you run the risk of causing a great deal of damage to your car’s engine – a snapped cambelt can cause expensive and serious damage.

What happens if my cambelt snaps?
It depends on what kind of engine you have; in an interference-type engine serious, expensive damage can be caused by a snapped cambelt, in a non-interference engine, no damage occurs and a new belt can just be popped on.

Give us a call at Urban Auto in Waltham Abbey, if you have any questions or concerns about cambelts – our team of technicians are here to help and advise.

Urban Auto are members of Trust My Garage, a network of Britain’s best independent garages, and therefore you can rest assured that you and your vehicle will be treated with the utmost respect and that all the work that we do will be of the highest standard.

To find out more about Cambelts in Waltham Abbey, contact us online or call us directly on 01992 678125

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