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Old 05-18-2020, 08:56 PM
RedArrow RedArrow is offline
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Default Timing belt inspection again in 2020

I took a new timing belt video because I was working on the power steering today.

Since I was already there with the steering stuff removed and with plenty of space available, I had to look around...
I inspected under the cover, cleaned the inside of the tb cover, it is all dry in there (no oil stains at all) but (when I had an exhaust leak under that ugly stup.d EGR mushroom--- it is removed and got blocked off since) some blck dust got in a little at the edges through the sealed gaps.

The idler `roller` doesn`t jerk around, the waterpump does have a tiny little minimal play as I grab the teeth to try to rock it. Really not much. The belt isn`t stained, I don`t see `dry rot` or weird looking edges or teeth.

I do know that they have to be somewhat `loose` but every time I saw/see mine, it makes me wonder: isn`t it on the loose side a little bit?
The engine BTW was cold at the time of recording this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZpU1GONbU

Not just the tightness, also the structural&chemical integrity at this point. So far I have driven ~35.000 miles on the timing belt that was installed by the PO, *perhaps* in the same year when I got the car 8y ago. (If you wonder, yes, car is in regular use but mostly for longer trips only.)

Before I bought it, as far as I remember it got ``refurbed`` and driven for a few months on longer trips so that is X plus my 35k. I cant remember what the odometer mileage may have been at the time of that initial refurb. Currently it has 440500-441000. I`ll check what exactly it shows (and on top of all those miles there was a few months worth of driving which is extra miles because the cluster had been taken out once due to ignition switch wires and other dash wiring updates).
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