Alfa Romeo Service History

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT. CAMSHAFT TEST passed directly and independently: S10 and S11 are UK trade repair procedures for engine code 169 A4.000 describing 'camshaft belt removal' / 'camshaft belt installation' and camshaft locking, so the belt is the camshaft drive. S3's plan includes it in both toothed-belt rows (only the 0.9 TwinAir is excluded), with note 6 giving max 120,000 km / 6 years, or 60,000 km / 4 years in dusty or demanding use. REVISED: S6 (2011) read 'Or every 5 years, regardless of the distance', and S10 still quotes 120,000 km / 5 years, so 5 years is the right figure for a pre-2012 car. S11's '37,000 miles or five years' looks like S10's 60,000 km INSPECTION point misread as a replacement point - do not use it.

Wet timing belt (runs in oil)

Replace every 6 years or 62,100 miles

WET BELT (belt in oil). The manufacturer document is decisive and, unusually for this group, states everything in words. S13's plan carries 'Replacement of timing belt + coolant pump belt' at note 8: '100,000 km or 6 years then every 200,000 km or 12 years (In case of usage in arduous condition or out of Europe: 90,000 km or 6 years then every 180,000 km or 12 years)'. A separate row, 'Replacement of timing kit and coolant pump belt', carries note 9: 'Every 200,000 km or 12 years'. The plan also has an inspection row unique to a wet belt: 'Check the timing belt width'. 62,100 mi is our conversion of 100,000 km. THE KIT-LISTING TRAP: this engine sells both a belt-in-oil kit and a chain kit against the same code, because the belt drives the camshaft and a chain drives the oil pump - so a catalogue search alone will tell you 'chain'. Only the manufacturer's own plan settles it. Note also that the belt driving the coolant pump is the giveaway that it runs in oil.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT. Named in S4's replacement row ('1.4 16v 95 HP E6 versions / 1.4 16v 95 HP E4 versions'), in S12's ('1.4 16V 95 HP') and in S9's Bravo inspection row. Interval S4 note 6: max 120,000 km / 6 years; 60,000 km / 4 years in dusty or demanding use. 74,500 mi is our conversion of 120,000 km. REVISED: earlier plans (S6, S7, S9) gave 'at least every 5 years'.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT, and the ONLY belt-driven engine on the 500X and Renegade petrol plans: S2 reads 'Visually inspect conditions of toothed timing belt (1.4 Turbo Multi Air versions)' and 'Replace toothed timing drive belt (1.4 Turbo Multi Air versions only)'; S14 reads 'Replace distribution command toothed belt (1.4 Turbo Multi Air versions)'. Interval S2 note 3 / S14 note 3: max 120,000 km / 6 years; 60,000 km / 4 years in heavy conditions. 74,500 mi is our conversion of 120,000 km. REVISED: the Giulietta-era note (S8) read 4 years for demanding use against a 5-year base. A UK Alfa specialist gives '72,000 miles THE LATEST or after 5 years' for the Giulietta 1.4 (S19). The MultiAir hydraulic valve-actuation unit is driven off the same camshaft, so a MultiAir brick failure and a cam belt job are separate work - do not conflate them.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT. S4's petrol plan names it: 'Replace toothed timing drive belt (1.4 16v 95 HP E6 versions / 1.4 16v 95 HP E4 versions / 1.4 T-jet 120 HP LPG E6 versions)', and S9's Bravo plan lists it in the inspection row too. Interval S4 note 6: 'Areas that are not dusty: recommended maximum mileage 120,000 km. The belt must be replaced every 6 years, regardless of distance travelled. Dusty areas and/or demanding use of the vehicle (cold climates, town use, long periods of idling): advised maximum mileage 60,000 km. The belt must be replaced every 4 years.' 74,500 mi is our conversion of 120,000 km. REVISED: the Bravo/Panda-era note (S9, S6) read 'at least every 5 years', so a pre-2012 car is on 5 years. A UK Alfa specialist puts the same job at '72,000 miles THE LATEST or after 5 years, whichever comes soonest' (S19) - the UK trade rounding of 120,000 km down, with the older 5-year rule.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT. Named positively by FCA: S4 and S12's diesel plan read 'Replace toothed timing drive belt (1.6 MultiJet versions)' / 'Replace the toothed timing belt (1.6 Multijet 120 HP...)', and S2's plan includes it by excluding only the 1.3. Interval from S2 note 4 / S4 note 3: 'The maximum mileage is 120,000 km. The belt must be replaced every 6 years, regardless of distance travelled. If the vehicle is used in heavy conditions (dusty areas, cold climates, urban driving, long periods of idling), the maximum mileage is 60,000 km. The belt must be replaced every 4 years regardless of the mileage.' 74,500 mi is our conversion of the manufacturer's 120,000 km; the severe figure converts to 37,300 mi. REVISED: the earlier FCA note (S6, S9, 2009-2011) read 'at least every 5 years', so a pre-2012 car is on 5 years, not 6.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 5 years — no mileage limit published

BELT. S9 names it explicitly and gives the 8v and 16v SEPARATE replacement rows - 'Replace toothed timing belt (1.9 Multijet 8V versions) (*)' and 'Replace toothed timing belt (1.9 Multijet 16V versions) (*)' - so the two share a footnote but sit at different mileages. Only the 8v appears in the inspection row ('Visually check conditions of toothed timing belt (1.4 16V, 1.4 T-JET, 1.9 Multijet 8V versions)'). The time limit is stated in words: 'Irrespective of mileage, the timing drive belt must be replace every 4 years for heavy duty applications, cold climates, town use, long periods idling) or at least every 5 years.' NO MILEAGE IS CARRIED: the row mileages are tick graphics, and the trade figures in circulation disagree with each other (a UK Alfa specialist's 159/Brera table appears to show the diesel cam belt at 54,000 mi, while forum-quoted Fiat service guides say 72,000 mi for the 8v and 90,000 mi for the 16v). None of those meets the source rules, so the honest answer is 5 years and no mileage.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 6 years or 74,500 miles

BELT. Included in S2's diesel belt rows, which exclude only the 1.3 MultiJet; the 2.0 MultiJet 4x4 is separately named elsewhere in the same plan (the PTU and rear-differential rows), so it is unambiguously one of the covered versions. Interval S2 note 4: max 120,000 km / 6 years, or 60,000 km / 4 years in heavy conditions. 74,500 mi is our conversion of 120,000 km. REVISED: the equivalent note on the earlier plans (S8, S9) read 5 years.

Timing belt (cambelt)

Replace every 5 years or 60,000 miles

BELT - the most commonly mis-stated engine in this group; it is routinely filed as chain-driven. BOTH tests applied. (i) Manufacturer document: Alfa's own plan (S1) carries the rows 'Visually inspect the toothed timing drive belt' and 'Replace the toothed timing drive belt', with note 4: 'Areas that are not dusty: recommended maximum mileage 60,000 mi (100,000 km). The belt must be replaced every 5 years, regardless of distance travelled. Dusty areas and/or heavy conditions (cold climates, urban driving, long periods of idling): the recommended maximum distance is 36,000 mi (60,000 km). The belt must be replaced every 3 years, regardless of distance travelled.' Both mile figures are Alfa's own, not converted by us. (ii) Camshaft test: a UK Alfa specialist's repair procedure (S17) instructs 'screw in the camshaft locking tools on both camshafts' and fits 'the new cambelt' aligned by three white timing lines - so the belt turns the camshafts. Note 4 is shared with the accessory-drive-belt row in the same table; that is FCA's own presentation, not an extraction error. CAUTION: S16, the same specialist's schedule page, appears to place the belt at 84,000 and 168,000 miles, which contradicts Alfa's own stated 60,000 mi maximum; that reading comes from a tick table and is not carried here. Both sources agree on the 5-year rule.