Subject	ozone damages rubber with time
Posted by	aliaZ on August 06, 2008 at 10:59 PM
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In Reply To	Last word on timing belts (miles vs time to change) posted by Technomancer on August 06, 2008 at 05:42 PM
Message	An 18 year old car with original tires would be a bit dangerous, no matter the mileage. I think the same can be said for other rubber components, including the timing belt.
Follow Ups	Last word on timing belts (miles vs time to change) - Technomancer 17:42:40 08/06/08 Congrats, you're right. Still, expecting the rubber to still - Guapo 17:55:08 08/06/08 Thanks for the welcome, G. - Technomancer 11:21:19 08/07/08 I just got your email and decided to reply to you here. - ThunderZ 18:56:15 08/06/08 If its a rarely driven car I would definently put a time - RedTTZ91(OK) 20:05:05 08/06/08 Do you still think it says to change at a certain length of - not4resaleZ 22:11:03 08/06/08 Thunder Z is right. The manual does say perform at miles - 5280Z_nightstalker 23:07:55 08/06/08 Please provide a link - na300zx (OH) 06:03:14 08/07/08 The second link provided by techno does not show such - 5280Z_nightstalker 12:02:17 08/07/08 2nd. It does say in the paragraph pointed out by - Yoshi 06:13:10 08/07/08 Re-read my origional post. What the factory service manual - not4resaleZ 10:33:42 08/07/08 Re: Re-read my origional post. What the factory service manual (n/m) - not4resaleZ 12:08:34 08/08/08 I understood your post. The sentence that is pertinent - Yoshi 12:53:24 08/09/08 Damn, dude, TZ was just trying to help you out and - Yoshi 21:39:40 08/06/08 ozone damages rubber with time - aliaZ 22:59:01 08/06/08 He is right though - na300zx (OH) 05:55:44 08/07/08 I wasn't disagreeing with him on what the FSM says - aliaZ 07:00:21 08/07/08 *DING* - Dave N 15:29:15 08/07/08 Yep. The manual clearly states the table shows the - Dustin 19:49:46 08/08/08 2nd. Ever had a rubber band around something in the garage - doug8867 07:59:01 08/07/08 You're giving bad advice. You could cost someone an engine. - Nissan GTR 07:57:51 08/07/08 For everyone with their dander up - Technomancer 11:15:08 08/07/08 hi - aliaZ 12:57:25 08/07/08 BS. Where did the "5 Years" come from? - Technomancer 13:23:34 08/07/08 the 5 years was extrapolated from the interval table - aliaZ 14:14:55 08/07/08 And this extrapolation is just numerology. - Technomancer 14:53:03 08/07/08 The extrapolation is based on numerology that the MANUAL - Dustin 23:38:39 08/08/08 Correct. Why is that so hard for some people to understand? - Nissan GTR 15:56:02 08/07/08 Awesome! "lol" - Technomancer 16:33:37 08/07/08 ah, I never had a timing belt break on MY car. - robo (sebring1970) 18:06:44 08/07/08 haha...THAT'S it. Thanks, Robo, I always liked that one. - Nissan GTR 21:14:25 08/07/08 so you deliberately lied about it being Robo's huh? - Technomancer 10:17:51 08/08/08 He didn't lie about it. He recalled Robo saying something - doug8867 18:55:08 08/08/08 I went 17 years. - not4resaleZ 10:06:21 08/08/08 The fact that it didn't break doesn't mean you thought - Dustin 22:27:11 08/08/08 You can't be serious. (n/m) - not4resaleZ 23:18:41 08/08/08 Yes I can. The manual gives a mileage recommendation - Dustin 23:56:47 08/08/08 Pretty good post Dustin. - not4resaleZ 00:45:53 08/09/08 Dustin is right- he gets it. You got lucky. (n/m) - Yoshi 12:57:16 08/09/08 *you are wasting money if you do it based on time.* - robo (sebring1970) 14:54:57 08/07/08 Thanks for your opinion on my opinion - Technomancer 15:01:52 08/07/08 He didn't say you were wrong, just that you went too far... - doug8867 15:44:23 08/07/08 My response - Technomancer 10:49:38 08/08/08 We'll have to agree to disagree. - doug8867 19:12:29 08/08/08 As a scientist, I have high standards of integrity - Technomancer 22:38:45 08/08/08 Your behavior on this post shows that your integrity - Zmobile 13:09:06 08/09/08 You are arguing a foolish point - 550HPTT 16:58:52 08/07/08 It doesn't say when I should replace my tires... - en5 20:34:20 08/07/08 You don't even understand the point he is making. - na300zx (OH) 07:55:33 08/08/08 "But you are wasting money if you do it based on time." - en5 08:04:43 08/08/08 Dunlop states when to replace my tires. - not4resaleZ 09:52:11 08/08/08 My statement is based on facts and the FSM - Technomancer 10:53:41 08/08/08 I see both of your points. I'm not trying to be - na300zx (OH) 22:08:09 08/08/08 The REAL Last word on timing belts (miles vs time to change) - Nissan GTR 15:31:06 08/08/08 You're right, then you look for the time - not4resaleZ 15:48:23 08/08/08 I remembered a search I did several years ago, and - not4resaleZ 16:16:52 08/08/08 Um, he's not kidding. Read the post. - Dustin 22:26:07 08/08/08 Sadly, he's not kidding, the poor child (n/m) - Technomancer 22:30:12 08/08/08 I know. (n/m) - not4resaleZ 23:07:28 08/08/08 By the way, Technomancer, congratulations on getting such - not4resaleZ 23:47:30 08/08/08 You pick this idiot as your "hero"? Birds of a feather... (n/m) - Zmobile 07:45:04 08/09/08 He's not an idiot. I actually respect John's opinion, - doug8867 16:54:34 08/09/08
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