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Re: Life expectancy of timing belt
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/14/2019

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These cars with 1.8t are the worst belt jumpers/breakers going. That is the personality of this engine. They have a skinny, rubbery belt. The tesioner runs out of stroke and the belt jumps.

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