I do believe it's more time related, this failure. 4-5 years seems to be where the belts give up.
Belt In Oil (BIO) and Oil Spec
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I do believe it's more time related, this failure. 4-5 years seems to be where the belts give up.
Not necessarily; I look after a Fiesta 1.0L which is 10 years old this year on the original wet belts and a borescope down the dipstick tube confirmed no scary belt degradation.
Nothing ever is definite, but why chance it if you can't inspect? Are you going to bet that your luck continues? We have a 5 year old car with a blocked oil pickup tube just a few posts above.
I'd rather do a belt change (oil pump belt) on a 4 year old car, then run it another 4 years with confidence, than chance it for 10 years.
But realistically, I would avoid a wet belt design altogether (and did).
That car has done 264,000 miles… the belt was due at 150,000 miles or 10 years, whichever comes first.
Can’t blame the belt for clogging up the pickup when it was over 100,000 miles overdue for replacement.
except yours is the first I know to make 10 years. None of them seems to make the years, or miles.
It is absolutely crazy how much these shops want to replace the oil pump wet belt. I bought a used engine with 10,000 miles for 900 and it's being installed as we speak for 2,000. That's about half the cost of what the dealer wanted to change the belt. Dealer wanted $6,300 to change belt. Mise well replace the engine. Stupid design
In the modern era, belts don’t show their age or their degradation.
They absolutely do. I’m a mechanic and maintain and repair several Fords and PSA vehicles with wet belts. You can definitely see the degradation, which is why I scope them to keep an eye on them.
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