Recent content by mk3forme

Couldn't agree more. But ive read post after post about people getting 150k or even well over 200k miles and never changed their belt or even had a water pump leak. With that being said it amazes me that my belt with only 11k miles had a fraction of those heat cycles and use and it broke down...

It was part of a kit. I believe i bought it off ebay but they were all genuine Toyota parts in correct packaging.

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has had issues with new Toyota timing belts off the shelf? I had one fail on my 97 yesterday and it was replaced in 2020. Granted 6 years old but it only had 11k miles on it. I was shocked to see the condition of this belt considering the mileage on it, and...