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Serpentine and timing belts - replace together?
Posted by aarn (more from aarn) on Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:46:36
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Since 2001, my honest indie mechanic has been urging me to proactively replace the timing belt, which has never been replaced. He recommends a procedure he's been doing that gets rid of the balance chain that has been prone to snap and put the timing belt in jeopardy. His cost - $1200-1500. So I've been putting it off, waiting to win the lottery.
A couple days ago, the serpentine belt shredded itself. I was planning on doing the repair myself for $50-100 in parts, spending an afternoon working on it when it warms up here in Michigan. I have another car, so no hurry.
I was wondering - would this be a good time to take it to the shop and have them do the timing belt, the serpentine belt, and replace the idler pulley? Anything else while they're in there?
I still haven't won the lottery, but this might be the right time to just bite the bullet and kill two (or more) birds with one stone.
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