Re: [alfa] Re:Timing belt life

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:53:57 -0000 Tim Hancock <timhancock@domain.elided> wrote:

> Karl Doll has picked me up on the 50,000 mile life of cam belts I mentioned. I
> should qualify my comments. For reasons I do not comprehend V6 12v Cam belts
> have an intended life of 50,000, but ought to be changed at about 35,000. 

my feeling about this is that there are a lot of things that can leak onto a V6
timing belt -- the oil pressure sender, the water pump, the cam shaft seals,
the hydraulic tensioner (i like the hydraulic tensioner, but always
refreshed the o-rings every time i did a timing belt)

i think the belts probably could go 50k miles if they could stay dry. good
luck with that one.

richard
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