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Timing belt DAYCO or Contitech
I use contitech on All my cars
Pros: used on all cars
Dayco, continental should be fine, as long as it’s not China Amazon stuff. Gates it usually good but as with anything these days quality control is a crap shoot.
Pros: Dayco, Continental should be fine
Cons: quality control is crap
Dayco is an OE manufacture for many manufacturers, it's a pretty solid belt. Quick answer is yes you should get it changed ASAP, I've seen a lot worse belts than this one and they drove to the dealership just fine.
Pros: pretty solid belt
I used contitech on my E28 when i did the timing belt on it. Continental has been making automotive rubber products for forever so i trust them
Pros: trusted brand, reliable products
Vehicle:
BMW
INA pulleys
Aisin water pump
Contitech belts.
Vehicle:
Volvo S70
I bought my timing belt/water pump off amazon. It’s a Dayco product (part number WP215K1B) and so far I’m happy with it. Obviously I won’t know if it’s some trash until a little further down the road, but I’m 20k miles into it and so far no trouble.
Pros: happy with it, no trouble
Cons: durability unknown
Mileage: 20000 km
Part number: WP215K1B
I have personally been running this one for the past 3 years with no problems. As for the belt itself, I always run a conti tech (OES) belt and never have had a issue
Pros: no problems, reliable
Vehicle:
Audi A4
New Contitech T-Belt and tensioner
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Caddy
Mileage: 160000 km
I already flipped the belt around (now I have two fuzzy sides). I'll try de-tensioning it a little, and I guess if that doesn't work, a new belt and another new tensioner are in order. Might as well go with ContiTech this time around I spose.
Cons: two fuzzy sides
The tab that the cam gear has to spin the cam, snapped off the gear. Even though it was in time, the gear just spun on cam and didn't spin the actual cam.
Cons: gear spun on cam
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 7000 km
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