Ferrari 355 F1 - Eu version - timing belts were changed before 5.000 km and 4 years. What your opinion? It is necessary to change timing belts immediately or it is possible wait 1 season (fair risk)? ...... owners manual says .... every 50.000 km and not over 3 years.
Some may say you should do the service??? But I think you should be ok. How many miles do you plan on driving in the next year?? When I bought my car it had 3.5 years and only 500 miles on the major but I went another 8mo. and 5k miles before I did the service...
Many of us go up to 5 years between major services .... as long as the car wasn't tracked or done many miles.
My last major was at 55,000 km ..Oct 06. Now I am at 84,000 km and aiming to do major later part of this year. I think if you runs your car often, it should be okay to push a little longer (belt doesnt sleep for too long) and also the weather would play part in their life span too. Good luck P.
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You pays your money and you takes your chances. I plan on the 4-5 mile program on my 348. Most owners can probably get away with every 5 yrs. But anything can happen. Majors to replace the belts also allow many other things to be inspected and serviced or replaced before other failures occur. Edit: meant 4-5 yrs.
+1. It is a crap shoot, and you take your chances. I did my last one at the 5 year interval....and next will likely be the same. I know personally, a guy that had one of the belts let go at right around the 7 year point on his F355. Ouch. Ferrari did not choose the 3 year mark arbitrarily, so anything beyond that and the risk increases....you choose what you are comfortable with.
