[Shop-talk] Volvo Engine Swap

[Doug Braun]

But in California, was it WARRANTIED for 100k miles?

Doug

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Mullen <elans4 at cox.net> wrote:

> John Miller wrote:
> >
> > in Europe the belt-change interval spec is 48K km (30K miles)
> > but when brought to the US GM rolled the dice for some reason
> > and kicked the interval up to 60K-100K miles depending on the car.
>
> It's not the manufacturers, it's the government.
>
> The federal regulations require that "emission equipment" must be warranted
> for at least 60K miles in order to be certified.  California did it one
> better and required 100K miles.  So, the manufacturers had to do the
> calculations and decide if it was worth it to re-design everything, or pay
> for the expected number of engines that would require repairing.
>
> An example of this is the early Miatas.  They require that the timing belt
> be replaced every 60K miles - except in California where you need to
> replace
> them every 100K miles.  Exactly the same parts, but geography somehow
> magically makes the parts last longer in California.
>
> Oh, by the way, this was all as of 10 years or so ago, the feds may have
> upped the requirements since then.
>
> Tim Mullen
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