Protege5 - How many miles have you gone before changing the timing belt?
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Had mine done at 99,000 miles. The belt looked "brand new."
Here are some pics of the used belt.
So basically, I wouldn't worry so much about the belt as about the tightness of the belt, which tends to get out of spec.
Edit: the point of my post is that even though be belt itself is fine at that mileage, it is likely somewhat loose (not as tight as it should be). If it gets too loose, it will jump teeth, you car won't run!
Here are some pics of the used belt.
So basically, I wouldn't worry so much about the belt as about the tightness of the belt, which tends to get out of spec.
Edit: the point of my post is that even though be belt itself is fine at that mileage, it is likely somewhat loose (not as tight as it should be). If it gets too loose, it will jump teeth, you car won't run!
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
The maintenance reminder light in the back of my mind for this is beginning to change from solid green to yellow green....80k right now
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ScratchNSniff
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had an appointment scheduled for tommorrow morning to get the belt changed, but with what others are saying, I may just wait a little bit longer...althought my mechanic is only charging $150 which is really good...Pic is from this morning...
danielschweer
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- '02 protege5
haha nice, i just hit that last week 
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- 92 & 16 Meyatas
116...soon, waiting on some parts....
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
born on date= jun03
haha nice, i just hit that last week
you hit 300k miles last week with original belts on ????????????????????
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- 2015 Mazda3 Hatchback...(RIP)'02.5 Vivid Yellow 5-SPD MP5
96k miles. I wasn't waiting for 105k. We did all the timing belt stuff, new clutch, and a drain & fill on the tranny.
ScratchNSniff
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Yep...03 have put 14,000+ miles on it since I bought it Jan. 28 of this year...
Rockin03mp5
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- '13 Mazda3 / '13 Edge / Your Mom
Just rolled 80000 miles
I bought it in Aug 06 with 39000 and I haven't changed my belts yet. Don't know what happened previously, but I doubt they changed it either since the original tires were still on it then. ( I made it to 65000 miles on the original dunflops!) By that time all 4 treads had started separating. Got them replaced just in time. Can anyone beat that?
But I digress. I've inspected the timing belt and I couldn't see any cracks in it at all. Mine still looks great. I'm going to wait until at least 100,000 miles.
I bought it in Aug 06 with 39000 and I haven't changed my belts yet. Don't know what happened previously, but I doubt they changed it either since the original tires were still on it then. ( I made it to 65000 miles on the original dunflops!) By that time all 4 treads had started separating. Got them replaced just in time. Can anyone beat that?
But I digress. I've inspected the timing belt and I couldn't see any cracks in it at all. Mine still looks great. I'm going to wait until at least 100,000 miles.
