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How often should we change belts, hoses, and serpentine chain

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If you see a lot of cracks in the belts, including serpentine belts. Change them. Hoses, if they become soft and some blow up like balloon when the car gets hot.. Change them. There is no real millage answer , if that is what you are looking for...

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    1. Remove the eight upper engine front cover bolts and the upper engine front cover.
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    2. Ensure that the timing marks between the crankshaft sprocket (6306) and the oil pump housing line up.
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    stv~us~en~file=ani_caut.gif~gen~ref.gif CAUTION: Pay special attention to the tooth shape of the timing belt. The current timing belts are not interchangeable with the timing belts from the 1993 model year. The 1993 model year uses a square or trapezoidal tooth timing belt while the current model year uses a rounded tooth design. The design change was made to extend the service life of the timing belt from 60,000 miles for the square or trapezoidal toothed belt to 105,000 miles for the rounded tooth belt. If the proper timing belt is not used, the customer may complain of a "whining" noise coming from the engine compartment. If the camshaft sprocket has a square cut in the valley of the gear tooth, it will require a square or trapezoidal tooth timing belt. If the camshaft sprocket has a rounded cut in the valley of the gear tooth, it will require a rounded tooth timing belt.
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