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Old 04-12-2006   #17 (Post Link)
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Re: gta belts etc

My local mechanic/garage owner said that cambelt failure was most common by far on the T-sparks, and the primary cause of it was that the tensioners on the T-sparks were crap!
Basically he said they were very poorly secured (I think he used the term "falling off") , and this was not an issue on the V6's.

In his experience at least V6 belt failure was very rare, although I certainly would not wait the 72000km myself.

(I don't have enough details myself to give a list)

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TB

Originally Posted by wrinx
Opinions are slightly divided but it's the Twinsparks that REALLY need ot be changed every 36-40k. 24v V6s can go more than that....I'd guess 50k to be safe, but you make your own mind up

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