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Old 04-04-2008, 07:57 AM   #12 (permalink)
brapple
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Re: so timing belt broke today

the belt normally isn't the problem. I changed the timing belt in my 95 at 104k and the belt looked really good. What didn't look good was the plastic pulleys for the timing belt. My tensioner was about to split in half and all of them where worn flat where they should of had raised sides to give the pulley a V like shape.

Again here I am just shy of 100k later and the belt looks great. I have to dig alittle more and see how the pulleys look. But then again the car is just a daily drive to and from work and around town for the most part so if it the belt lets go I am not that worried about it at this point in time with 200k ....
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