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Old 12-28-2003, 07:56 PM
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Originally posted by svxistentialist
What's the expected life of these bad boys? I had mine changed 27K ago when I did the timing belt. Should I be sweating bullets yet?

If your question is a serious one [an odd one slips through that isn't ], then I would say check condition at 60K miles. If you can see the ridges splitting on the insides, change them.

Joe

Thanks, Joe (seriously). I wonder if the shredded belt epidemic isn't perhaps more a symptom of tensioners seizing, rather than belt failure. Some of these cars are almost TWELVE years old!

Ron (another WD-40 application discovered).
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