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Old 04-19-2012, 09:40 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
More like 20.
No, it is 5 years most cars here, some have only 4 years, there are few exceptions that are longer, but I don't know single one that would be 10 years, longest I know was 7 years in VW, but they reduced that at some point as belts were snapping like popcorn.

Good point with climate TracerZX2, I must note that here realistic temperature range is -40C to +35C, southern part of country is not quite as cold, but it might have something to do with it, maybe at extremely cold belt is under more stress with cold oils, which causes valvetrain to be bit heavier to turn?
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