Timing belt OEM Toyota or OEM Audi
the oem toyota belts can do 200k miles no problem. Even if the truck is almost 20 years old.
Those cracks look worse than what mine did. I had gotten my car at 134k mileage and I changed my belt at 180k but to be very honest I think my belt had been on there for much longer before I owned that vehicle and I think I got lucky it never snapped into pieces.
I 2 late 90s four runners and ran them to 280000 on the original timing belts then I sold them and they still where running fine.
Built Toyota tough. 20+ years out of a factory belt.
I bought my 1st Toyota T100 3.4l it had 198k miles, when I removed upper timing cover, the water pump pulley FELL out, the belt was about 1/2 as wide as new. Truck ran fine!
My in-laws Toyota is at 230k original timing belt miles.
When I had mine done a year ago, independent shops were quoting $950-$1,100 while a Toyota dealer quoted $1,200.
An old Audi belt motor goes 240k and the belt is still holding. I had a 2013 A4 2.0 that stretched the ~~belt~~ chain* at 70k and the valves kissed the pistons.
6 years or 75,000 miles is the most I'd push any timing belt. We inspected a timing belt on a 2002 A4 with 57,000 miles in September - in-service date of 6/1/02 so it's over 6 years. Told her the belt is walking off, riding the edge of the tensioner and fraying.
After just snapping one in my Audi A4 B7, I had to rebuild that entire head. Total pain in the ass. The factory belt lasted 15 years, 175k miles before it let go.
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