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OK the obvious is belt chewed but why? The car has only 29727 miles. I was hearing a scraping sound, so I pulled the timing cover and found this. It also is ridding on the edge of the pullys.  The dealer is suppose to look at it when I take it in for the dash. Does work done under warranty cost me anything out of pocket? ....Brad
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No way, warranty work shouldn't cost you anything. Especially for a Timing belt that looks like that at less than 30K!! I'm at near 84K and can still read text on my belt! Get that thing to a dealer before it breaks on you. Good Luck.  Edit: Theres is/was a recall/TSB for a 'revised' timing belt cover because of the belt slapping against the cover, thats most likely your problem. Don't let them deny you service though because of your cover not being the 'new' style.
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Now I think I'd better take the cover off and take a look at mine. 
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Originally posted by LoCoZetecPowa: Now I think I'd better take the cover off and take a look at mine. Good idea I was thinking of that myself.
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My guess would be that it's that extra ?m? in your timming that is chewing up your belt. There's only supposed to be one ?m? in ?timing?, and there's really only room for one ?m?. You cram an extra ?m? in there, and it seems obvious to me that your belt will drag against it, with results very much like those shown in your picture.
Make certain, when your dealer replaces that belt, that he removes that extra ?m? from your timming.
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Originally posted by Bob Blaylock:
My guess would be that it's that extra ?m? in your timming that is chewing up your belt. There's only supposed to be one ?m? in ?timing?, and there's really only room for one ?m?. You cram an extra ?m? in there, and it seems obvious to me that your belt will drag against it, with results very much like those shown in your picture.
Make certain, when your dealer replaces that belt, that he removes that extra ?m? from your timming. Smart @ss
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LMAO! I thought that was great!
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Mr. Blaylock I now present you with your newest medal of honor............. 
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ROTFLMAO...
someday we might actually be serious with our responces but I don't see that ever happening...
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Hay easy with my inability to spell. It's not my fault, my dad can't spell either. Nice "HMF" award. Anyway, they are talking like they will fix it when they install the new dash. Well see. If it is the extra m then they can do an 'm'indectomy. I'll keep ya informed.
....Brad
Aviation Electronic Tech's RULE!!
Your born you die
inbetween you work on cars
how can we be so lucky.
99'Mystique Zetec VCT ATX
"CEG" on front and back windows.
10 inch HED series Cerwin-Vega
My ther car is a 1996 4Runner
Sunfire red pearl
with Bilstein shocks, K&N air filter
and Xenon fender flairs
"There is always room for more mods"
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