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Postby bigkayy » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:18 pm

Got my FTO at 113000km from Japan, I was thinking it's now time to change the cam belt and other bits and pieces associated with it, however I reckoned it might have been changed before I got her, the exporter I bought her from aint that helpful on the matter.
There are couples of sticker besides kick plate which made little sense to me.

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I suppose the blue and white colour sticker signifies when she was serviced and when another is due, the green reads OIL 91300 but the black sticker below green reads ELM 97300 which make absolutely no sense to me,
can anyone help with this? does that indicates that the timing belt has been changed or would I need to dip my hand deep into my pocket and get the belt changed
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:46 pm

I think it means that they're removed the g-force meter..

It could also be a 003L6 w73 upside down..


Just kidding - what I meant to say was - I haven't seen one of those stickers before..
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Postby Myfeckin FTO » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:56 pm

Don't know what ELM means but if you have 113K kms on the FTO then your timing belt should have been changed 30K kms ago.

I would always advise changing the timing belt on the FTO as soon as you get it in as its something you can't take a risk with. I've seen some very shabby timing belts come off freshly imported FTO's over the past few years.

At least you'll have piece of mind and be able to drive the FTO with confidence.
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Postby Bernard » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:24 pm

Myfeckin FTO wrote:At least you'll have piece of mind and be able to drive the FTO with confidence.


Agreed, better safe that sorry.
Take a look at Camskill, you should get a fair idea of how much the parts will cost you.
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Postby bigkayy » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:12 pm

Thanks guys, happy new year to ye all :lol:
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