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'99 Timing Belt interval V70-XC70 1999

posted by  someone claiming to be tgrumaj on  Tue Apr 5 07:57 CST 2005 [RELATED]

The real issue here is "what is the condition of your belt?" Look for cracks or other damage to the belt. Check several times as you can't see the whole belt at any one point in time. Age is another issue. Don't wait for 105k miles if that takes you 10 years. Rubber ages and weakens with time. The hot and cold seasonal changes, water, etc. will gradually age the rubber. I'd be more comfortable with 105k if that was at year 5 than 105k at year 10. My own philosophy is to start checking the belt at 50k and then to replace when 1)any noticable cracks, shreading or wear 2) 105k or 3)6 years old, whichever comes first.

At the end of the day, 105k alone is not reasonable if the rubber is old or has wear and different cars will drive different levels of wear based on how and where you use the car. This same holds true for your serpentine belt. Whenever you change the timing belt also change the serpentine belt. Costs just a few bucks and you've done all the work to get at it easily anyway so shouldn't be any more labor.
Good luck.






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