just a general question about timing belts.
how does replacing it affect the performance of the vehicle?
thanks!
Timing belt
Nov 10, 2006
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Wolfgang is right. Unless it's way overdue or happens to get a defective timing belt that stretched, then you should notice little or no difference. But by 50-60K the belt would start to show it age.
And old belt or a defective belt stretches a little and retards timing. It makes your car sluggish and wastes fuel. Toyota updated the timing belts since the last years of the 5SFE, but I would still use only a Gates belt.
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