On Jun 16, 12:33*pm, George wrote:
On 6/15/2010 7:38 PM, Tegger wrote:





*wrote in news:6739e713-05c4-463b-a348-
:

Thoughts?

Just one. And it's a question. Well, two questions.
1) WHAT KIND OF CAR IS THIS?
2) WHAT ENGINE HAS IT GOT

Not all cars are the same. Not all engines are the same. Not all years of
the same car and/or engine are the same.

Leave out that info and all you'll get are possibly bogus guesses; shots in
the dark.

But aren't you supposed to purposely omit all of the details when asking
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Ahh, but it appears that the point of my OP was missed.

The vehicle info was *purposely* left out because the question, as per
the subject line, was about the *Decision Process*, not about at what
mileage the timing belt should be replaced in any given vehicle.

Given that odds are the owner isn't going to keep the (any!) vehicle
for the alleged life of 2 timing belts (220K) or even the "dealer
life" (180K) why would he (or a mechanic) consider waiting any longer
than the 90K suggested in the manual?

It was about the logic behind deciding to delay the replacement and
not about the life expectancy of the belt in any specific vehicle.