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Old May 10th, 2021, 14:09   #2
Tatsfield
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Firstly you do not say which engine you have! If you put your car spec, engine and year in your profile signature, it will always be displayed. Helps others to help you.

Assuming that your engine is a D5, the timing belt change interval is 108K which has not yet been reached but the aux beltwhich is only 54K has been exceeded. The aux belt changes are much more important than the main belt as any breakage of the aux belt can cause it to be dragged into the timing belt and that can derail the timing belt and wreck your engine.

Do not trust the people who have been advising you. They do not know that of which they talk! When belts are changed, associated tensioners must also be changed. All talk of how good the belts look is to be ignored. The aux belt is the Achilles heel of the D5 engine and although it appears to be of less significance than the main timing belt, it is the belt more likely to fail with possible disastrous effects on the timing belt.

These comments do not apply if you have another engine, but you do need to be clear on which engine the car has.
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