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Thu 29 May 2008 13:18

02 1.2 Incidence of cam belt failure - poormansfoor

I have an 02 clio with 33k miles on the clock owned from new. I know that its age dictates that the cambelt should be changed but as the cost would be a reasonable % of the cars value, I wondered whether there was any information on the incidence iof failure.

I appreciate that if it goes the repair cost will be somewhat more than the replacemt would be but if say only say 1 in 20 fail then that might be a risk I'd be prepared to take.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks

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