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Originally Posted by Ryland
True, but suggesting that you need to change the timing belt every 5 years because VW has a high failure rate is not productive if there haven't been any cases of an early failure in a Honda, but it is a part that wears out and the car in question is 28 years old and pretty new to the current owner so it's a good idea to check it for signs of age and wear, if it is a 28 year old belt then it also has 130,000 miles on it and for sure needs to be replaced, but if it was replaced at 100,000 miles then it might only be a few years old and he's ok until it reaches 200,000 miles, either way the valve lash is supposed to be check every 30,000 miles and to check that you can easily see the timing belt at the same time, so he has regular inspections of the timing belt to make sure it's no aging prematurely.
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Its called preventitive maintenance. If you have an interferance engine and don't do it, your belt snaps or idler loses bearing and shreds the belt and a major portion of your engine in the process then you took the gamble and lost. I never said a year date, as a matter of fact I stated that using a particular year doesn't work due to variables. Are you absolutely sure the visual inspection will reveal all possible damage to the belt?