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Should it ever be inspected / replaced?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Does anyone have an idea when the belts should be changed. Is it worked out after every X amount of time or purely the milage? thanks

POST 2Original post

The serpentine belt is inspected at 30,000 miles and relpaced at 60,000. This is the belt that runs the a/c, power steering, water pump, and alternator. That is the only belt - the cams are driven by internal chains.

POST 3Original post

just carry an extra one in the trunk. You can get 100,000 miles out of them. They are eary to install.

POST 4Original post

I just had mine replaced at 13,000 miles. An inspection by a tech caught it. I would not have even considered it a timely exam item. It was in pretty bad shape. There was a chance some oil had gotten on it, and could, perhaps, have caused the rapid deterioration!

POST 6Original post

What about the cam chain then? Should it ever be inspected / replaced? I've heard of some people saying their timing chains broke.

POST 7Original post

I know of no one that has broken a timing chain on a 996. I am sure a few have, but it is very, very rare if at all. Unless you have specific symptoms than a chain is bad, don't worry about it.

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