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Originally Posted by SD1too
Hello Arnaud, thanks for your reply.
Yes, it would be. Mine was in very good order after 19 years and 90,000 miles.  I hope that your mechanic's vigilance extended to the tensioner and idler pulley bearings as these are the real threat to belt life.
He's obviously of a nervous disposition. The problem with that philosophy is where do you stop? Ultimately you'll end up spending a lot of money unnecessarily. 
Simon |
Indeed I asked for the whole kit to be swapped including tensioner & idler pulley I'd got in a bundle at DMGRS.
The reason why I decided to stick to the 6 years at the moment is that I don't know how my 75 was driven between 2014 and 2017 and whether she was garaged or not.
Next time I think I'll try to give the belts & the like a little more time, mainly because I've now got my 214 cabby hence the 75 is only used for long journeys and will not make more than 5k miles a year.
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