Timing belt, new in box, do they age?
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To some degree I would imagine - however, you have no way of knowing how long items have been on the shelf e.g. in a smaller motor factors, and timing belts are subjected to far worse conditions once actually fitted.
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Rubber tends to degrade primarily from exposure to light, so if it's been boxed up it should be fine.
Ford give a 10 year service interval for a lot of timing belts, so a few years on the shelf shouldn't be a problem. The belts themselves very rarely fail anyway, it's usually a tensioner or something external getting caught in the belt that causes problems.
Ford give a 10 year service interval for a lot of timing belts, so a few years on the shelf shouldn't be a problem. The belts themselves very rarely fail anyway, it's usually a tensioner or something external getting caught in the belt that causes problems.