can anyone tell me at what mileage the timing belt should be changed on a 4x4 saphire ?
cheers
Steve

 

60 000 miles, or 5 years.

 

I have only done 4000 miles on my cam belt but it was changed 8 years ago do you think its worth changing????????????

do they have a shelf life

 

Thanks Hectori

 

no chance i would leave it on for that long , changed mine every year and the tensioner every 2nd time.

you would be suprised once you have it off and inspected it

not worth the risk IMO

 

New belt on the cards then

 

you must renew it. it is always dangerous when going over the change intervals.

and when you havent runned the engine for long time, something like a year, the belt could just snap. you should run the engine to normal temp, preferably atleast once a month to keep things in good condition.

when driving very little, i would adwise to do the same as swerv does.

 

Oh yea, get it changed, thats a long spell pal

 

Ł34 for a gates belt for a 2wd saff

 

Gates are as good as you will get.

 

Always ran gates and never had any problmes

 

just got myself a group A belt and tensioner

 

most genuine ford belts you now get are a ford box with a gates belt in.