Hi Rudy, welcome to Ferrari Forum.
There is a lot of debate here and elsewhere over when to replace the belts. I see it as an insurance policy, Graypaul Ferrari here in the UK recently had a 348 where the belt had broken and the engine work was costing £16k GBP (about $25k USD).
Therefore I am changing the belts on my 348 every 3 years which is what they recommend.
If I owned a 308 I would change them at least every 5 years.
The owners manual may say you should inspect at 15k, 30k and change at 52k but that dos not allow for the extremely low annual mileage that most of these cars do.
I understand its important to replace the belt tensioner too as this is the most likely cause of failure. I was also told that you should not adjust the tension once set. If the belt is loose then that means it has stretched slightly and adjusting the tension will only make it stretch more. Better to replace them both if this is the case.
Kind regards,
Justyn.
There is a lot of debate here and elsewhere over when to replace the belts. I see it as an insurance policy, Graypaul Ferrari here in the UK recently had a 348 where the belt had broken and the engine work was costing £16k GBP (about $25k USD).
Therefore I am changing the belts on my 348 every 3 years which is what they recommend.
If I owned a 308 I would change them at least every 5 years.
The owners manual may say you should inspect at 15k, 30k and change at 52k but that dos not allow for the extremely low annual mileage that most of these cars do.
I understand its important to replace the belt tensioner too as this is the most likely cause of failure. I was also told that you should not adjust the tension once set. If the belt is loose then that means it has stretched slightly and adjusting the tension will only make it stretch more. Better to replace them both if this is the case.
Kind regards,
Justyn.
