Subject	I just changed mine on my 95 TT. The car had just under.....
Posted by	Ziceman(East TN) on March 11, 2010 at 8:23 PM
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In Reply To	Should timing belt be changed just because of age ? posted by TTkeeper on March 11, 2010 at 06:25 PM
Message	.... 55,000 miles on it, but my water pump was leaking and I had been planning on replacing the belt since the original owner never replaced it. The belt looked to be in good shape with no signs of dryrot, or cracking but it was 14 years old. I am sure that everyone will say that the timing belt should be replaced with age even if the mileage is not reached. The expense of replacing it beats the expense if it should break.
Follow Ups	Should timing belt be changed just because of age ? - TTkeeper 18:25:44 03/11/10 Funny, I was just wondering the same thing. - Agent X 20:11:27 03/11/10 roughly 6-7 years IIRC (n/m) - Under_Powered 20:14:23 03/11/10 Varies, first thing is whether the car is in a climate - sleepy-z 20:15:06 03/11/10 According to the FSM age is not a factor on the belt service (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 20:19:38 03/11/10 FSM also doesn't say to change a 15+ yr old wiring harness.. - evan_aggie 22:46:46 03/11/10 I did a timing belt change on an 88 Z31 because the woman - Gizmo 12:29:02 03/12/10 They also don't tell you to replace the head lights.... - Bernie (NoVA) 16:55:12 03/12/10 I just changed mine on my 95 TT. The car had just under..... - Ziceman(East TN) 20:23:51 03/11/10 Anyone ever hear of a belt breaking and no valve damage? - TTkeeper 20:34:30 03/11/10 Not on a VG, no. You'd be INSANELY lucky (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 21:01:18 03/11/10 Yes, on non-interference engines. (n/m) - Under_Powered 21:33:08 03/11/10 I worked on a VG that lost belt tension and did fine w. just - Bernie (NoVA) 23:17:01 03/11/10 I part out a lot of cars at my shop... - Vert93 (MN) 21:16:25 03/11/10 Do you really want to find out the hard way? (n/m) - ZiNnYc 06:47:17 03/12/10 ^^This is the correct response. - Z_Cherub 09:04:06 03/12/10 Re: Should timing belt be changed just because of age ? - toyz 09:02:49 03/12/10 for some reason 60K or 7 years comes to mind. (n/m) - Halo Z 20:17:10 03/12/10
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