Comments on: Fiat 500 Cambelt Interval – When Should You Change It? https://thefatmech.com/fiat-500-cambelt-interval/ Maintenance guides for cars, vans pickups and more Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marcus Brown https://thefatmech.com/fiat-500-cambelt-interval/#comment-26 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:16:14 +0000 https://thefatmech.com/?p=550#comment-26 In reply to Jimbo99.

Sounds like a big job – hope your garage aren’t charging you too much. The timing belt and water pump aren’t too bad to do on the 500 (it’s the same underneath as a Ford KA). With the AC compressor on the Fiat it tends to be the front bearing that fails and the only reason you need to dismantle the car is because everything is so hard to get to… hope you get yours fixed soon.

]]> By: Jimbo99 https://thefatmech.com/fiat-500-cambelt-interval/#comment-25 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:37:33 +0000 https://thefatmech.com/?p=550#comment-25 This is sound advice, my 2013 hit 9 years. The AC Compressor failed and so did the AC clutch & pulley bearing. The car obviously won’t drive to charge the battery. The timing belt operates the water pump as well as the valve train. Cooling the engine really isn’t he problem beyond the electrical fan that would cycle on & off in traffic.

Anyway, I am doing the timing belt & water pump at the same time. 2022 & prices are higher for repairs this extensive to dismantle the Fiat 500. To get to the AC filter drier, the front bumper cover has to be removed. To get to the timing belt & water pump, that’s a complex process too. There is a tool that locks the cam shaft & keeps the timing proper at the crankshaft pulley. It’s relatively easy, yet just easier to get a garage to repair it for anything that can go wrong may go wrong.

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