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It's Czech Mate
Youre like a broken record mate. On CVH's the cambelt is practically a service item, but that was a long time ago
On the modern engines, well, go ask some dealers or garages how often they have cambelts snap under the intervals
rather than spouting toss with no facts
I've done many belts that have snapped WAY before their "time", the last one cost just shy of £1400 to fix the damage, frankly I couldn't give a toss if some penny pincher wants to chance it, or what your opinion is, trust me you mean nothing to me.
FACT, longer service intervals were introduced by manufacturers as a selling point, mostly with NO material change, does that mean we were being ripped off before by dealers ?.
A good case in point is vauxhalls backtrack on their 80K change, they saw many snap before half that mileage.
Imo it's like taking a bet, some you win some you lose, there's nothing new material wise in belts, but suddenly they last longer, work it out.
tabetha