cam belt check
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How overdue is it?
Not really any way to tell if it's going to go. You can whip off the belt cover and make sure the teeth aren't worn, but it's a case of they go when they go, sometimes 50,000 miles sometimes 150,000!
Not really any way to tell if it's going to go. You can whip off the belt cover and make sure the teeth aren't worn, but it's a case of they go when they go, sometimes 50,000 miles sometimes 150,000!
As someone who has been caught twice with a broken cambelt and smashed the engine both times, don't take a chance. If you can get it done you have piece of mind. (First time Toyota main dealer serviced from new (by previous owner). I got it at 120k, belt snapped smashing camshaft. When my brother who helped replace it saw the old one it was about 1/4 the width of the new one. He reckoned it had never been changed. Service book showed 2 changes. Dealer had since gone bust!!)
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we've repaired at least 2 shuma engines with broken belts. would have to check the records but if memory works, i don't think they were that far over the interval.
not a huge job to replace (before it breaks) - around 2 hours
not a huge job to replace (before it breaks) - around 2 hours
