The belt I installed by Continental had a warranty and it was fairly easy to install myself.
Pros: easy to install, had warranty
Vehicle:
Subaru
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Hi Ed I just had my timing belt (tensioner, rollers, cam seals), water pump, thermostat, serpentine belt, tensioner, and rollers replaced by a very good independent for $2300 on my 04 with 78K miles. The belt that came off showed no degradation and looked fine but I feel a lot better having it done.
Pros: peace of mind
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Mileage: 125520 km
I changed my timing belt a month ago and my car had 111250Km and ten years young. First of all, I was amazed by the quality of the old timing belt, it was solid with no cracks at all.
Pros: solid, no cracks
Mileage: 111250 km
If you happen to need the timing belt, tensioner, water pump, oil cooler, thermostat housing, thermostat etc i have literally all of it brand new including the gates racing timing belt, all has literally 0 miles.
I have the gates racing Kevlar belt and I has given me no issues, there is no uneven belt wear or signs of damage and its been about 20k since I changed it
Pros: no issues, no damage
Cons: no uneven belt wear
Mileage: 20000 km
If so, I had the same issue with until I did my first belt change at 100k miles. I thought it was the tensioner, but turned out to be the writing on the back of the timing belt as it passed over the tensioner roller. After I did the belt and tensioner and rollers, etc., the swish, swish, swish sound never came back. FYI, went with a Conti-tech belt rather than VW.
Pros: sound never came back
Cons: swishing sound when cold
Mileage: 160934 km
no screw me once, shame on you. screw me twice shame on me. bosch timing belt and tensioner.
Pros: bosch timing belt
Cons: previous belt failed
New Contitech T-Belt and tensioner
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Caddy
Mileage: 160000 km
Bought the handy timing kit w/ belt, but I don't like how the belt looks, keeping it only as a temporary spare if I need it, decided to get a goodyear belt from rockauto.
Cons: don't like how it looks
change it. do it at the dealer, and don't use an aftermarket belt. I changed mine at the millage i was supposed to(70,000, i think), at a local garage, and he 'saved' me $10 by using a non-honda manufactred belt. fast forward another 30,000 miles and the belt broke. caused $3000 in damages to my top end, (bent valves, etc,) and was not covered by warranty (car, belt or manufacturer). it totalled my car.
Cons: belt broke, caused damages
Vehicle:
Honda
Mileage: 70000 km
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