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Check timing belt - good/ bad? 200

posted by  jon_h on  Thu Jan 1 07:06 CST 2009
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Does anyone think the age/ condition of a 240 timing belt can be judged via inspection?

Age cracks and pliability are good indicators but don't tell the whole story.

This comes up fairly often eg. someone I know has purchased a car with scant service history and is: considering a trip; or sending a child off to college; planning to use it daily on a long commute; whatever. Their question to me is always "What parts should we replace beforehand?"

And of course I wonder about it for my own cars.

IMO it's not reasonable to replace the timing belt just because you don't know how old/ used it is.
--
240s: 2 drivers and some parts cars






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