I mean in age terms not mileage.
reason is I changed the belt on my escort in 2004 I have done less than 5k miles since and think it's about time but if it don't need it I won't and yes I am aware of the consequences of a belt snapping, it's already happened to this car once when the previous owner took it for a service in 2002 and the ford dealer forgot to change it whilst doing the work and it snapped on the way home!! 3 k was the bill I have lol


steve

 

Every rebuild.

So about twice a year.

 

Seriously though mate for what it costs and the time it takes then its not worth not doing it. If I kept one for long enough and depending on annual mileage, Id do it every year or every rebuild, whichever comes first.

 

The belt on my S1 gets changed every 3 years. Mileage wise it won't have covered 1500 in that time but they degenerate over time, as well as mileage.

 

Every 30,000 miles


Luciano

 

at my present annual mileage that another 25 years away!!!

fook me I will be 61 years old when I need to do it!

lol

steve

 

i do mine every 2 years so thats around 1000 miles and the tensioner plus stud and washer/nut