Only on R3V. It is sad that reusing a timing belt is actually being recommended by more than one person. And these same people joke about selling used timing belts, not so sure its a joke anymore.
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1500 miles on timing belt, do i need new one?
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Originally posted by kronus View Postagreed, there's no point in changing the belt out if it's in the early part of its service period. are people in this thread not clear on what a wear item is?Seat Shocks....I have passed the baton to John Christy from Ninestitch. Email John or Garrett at ninestitch1@gmail.com
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Alice the Time Capsule
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applying the tensioner does nothing special to the belt.
belts go at like 50k +- 10k miles, it's mostly a matter of how soon do you want to take the front of the motor apart again. if it's such a pain that you want to not do it again for as long as possible, sure, replace the belt while it's apart even if it's only got 1500 on it. if the belt is 8 years old, for fuck's sake replace the belt. if the belt is in visually good condition and you're going to have the engine torn apart for something else in the near future anyway, whatever.
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Originally posted by nando View Postyeah, I'd rather have a 1500 mile used belt than a cheap Chinese POS..sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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