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Old 06-08-2007, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GX-REX
actually on the subject, i was looking at the service intervals for the timing belts according to the chart at malz a few months ago and i noticed on there that they recommended the belt change at 100k for all but the forrester, that was recommended for 150k.. they are essentially the same engine...
Possibly the SOHC engine may have a longer interval due to more belt wrap around a single pulley and less likely (just about impossible) for valves to clash in the event of a belt breakage.
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