timing belt
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Larson drove his car to the garage after 14 laps with a timing belt issue.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
To run, it needs a new timing belt.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Most prominently, if the timing belt wasn’t serviced at 30,000 miles, the engine’s pistons could ram into the valves and destroy them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
“It’s almost like the timing belt on the global growth engine is a bit off, or the cylinders are not firing as they should.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2015
In the great encyclopedia that is modern fiction, I’ve read many more novels about the intricacies of trading stocks or making pastries or testing pharmaceuticals than I have about replacing a timing belt.
From Washington Post
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