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2026. 6. 30. 작업

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How do I weigh mileage against time when it comes to scheduled maintenance?

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As they are made of rubber, belts begin to perish over time, and this weakens them. The constant flexing as the engine turns accelerates this weakening process. Eventually (if it weren't replaced), the rubber would split and the belt would snap - causing very expensive damage to your engine... It is quite easy to visually observe a belt that definitely neeeds replacing, but very difficult to reliably say that it does not - and very few mechanics would be willing to say so - if they said "it's fine" and it snapped, you'd be pretty annoyed, and they'd probably lose their job! General rule of thumb for timing belts is "if in doubt, replace it".