Subject	its not the belt that really needs the changing
Posted by	cossiemodo2000 on February 28, 2010 at 5:45 PM
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In Reply To	Timing Belt Change -- Why 60,000 vs. 105,000 posted by giZmo96 on February 28, 2010 at 05:41 PM
Message	its the tensioner, waterpump, seals and etc. But while your in doing all that stuff, it makes sense to change the belt too. Your mechanic is an idiot! There is a writeup on here how to do the 60k, I would recommend you do it yourself, if you can turn a wrench that is.
Follow Ups	Timing Belt Change -- Why 60,000 vs. 105,000 - giZmo96 17:41:34 02/28/10 its not the belt that really needs the changing - cossiemodo2000 17:45:11 02/28/10 Re: its not the belt that really needs the changing - giZmo96 18:01:29 02/28/10 Others here should be able to confirm for the '96 -- but the - jzack 18:16:19 02/28/10 Re: Others here should be able to confirm for the '96 -- but the - giZmo96 18:34:12 02/28/10 Sadly the 120k is a bit more expensive than the 60k... - jzack 21:39:58 02/28/10 Thank you for the link and detail. (n/m) - giZmo96 14:24:37 03/01/10 Your mechanic is right. There is no reason to think that - zellamay 19:03:11 02/28/10 And there is no reason to think a 96 is different is - zellamay 19:06:04 02/28/10 Re: Your mechanic is right. There is no reason to think that - giZmo96 19:51:22 02/28/10 Sorry for not being more clear. He's right that there is no - zellamay 20:45:41 02/28/10 an NA timing belt will last longer than a TT timing belt - njz 19:59:51 02/28/10 Explain please why I'm wrong. Why would an NA belt last - zellamay 20:46:50 02/28/10 Please change the belt every 60,000 miles - dream Z (MD) 20:21:54 02/28/10 Re: Please change the belt every 60,000 miles - giZmo96 20:29:49 02/28/10 No belt age issue was noted here and neither is there>> - ZUL8TR 07:40:17 03/01/10 It's a calculated risk. There isn't a "right" answer. - BobbyT 03:53:05 03/02/10 Reasonable. Would be interesting to see the stats >> - ZUL8TR 06:47:26 03/02/10
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