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Originally Posted by bemrman
I bought this car and the owner said that the timing belt had been replaced but it had been some time ago. Turns out, as I went thru all his records, it was installed in 1997 when the car had 38k miles on it. It is now 2010 and the car has 56k miles on it. Is it the mileage or the time that hurts it the worst? And does it need to be replaced ASAP?
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First,
Do not drive the car with a 13 year old belt.
Second,
Change all the belt rollers.
Third. Get a complete kit on Pelican.
The rollers were recalled due to the plastic cracking and crumbling. If you have no records of changed rollers---do it.
The belt
needs to be retensioned at 1000-1500 miles
Finally 100,000 km is about 62,000 miles. This is at the high end (moon) of belt changes.
The 944 max is about 45,000 miles. I would never suggest over 30,000. I change my Pelican $11.75 cam/timing belt every other year or close to it. I do not count the miles.
Camshaft / Balance Shaft Belt Information
GL
John