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Re: Timing Belt (archive)
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Posted by JAMES. on December 16, 2001 at 09:27:22:

In Reply to: Timing Belt posted by Robert on December 16, 2001 at 00:12:30:

7 Series V8s and V12s use chains and don't typically require replacement.

The service interval you saw was probablly a generic one that does not apply to our cars.

JAMES.


I recently had a BMW Service II done on my '97 with 73K miles. I noticed that in BMW's description of everything done during a Service II that they seperate out replacement of the timing belt. It's not really clear that it's recommended/needed during the Service II time frame.

Can anyone recommend whether I should have this replaced? Should I expect it to fail prior to 100K miles?

Thanks for your input.




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