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Old 08-10-2004, 11:17 PM
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Well, Timing chains were introduced to replace the 'maintenance required' belts.
Timing chains are supposed to be maintenance free, and if the car has been well kept, the chains WILL outlast the vehicle. The maintenance parts for timing chains, as discusses, is the tensioner.
Timing chains CAN break. However the cause of the breakage is usually linked to something more severe and normally a sign of poor user maintenance.
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