Thread: Month old water pump belt allready cracked, is this ok ?

Use Gates or Dayco and you won't have problems. Pat

Wouldn't think that they should be cracked after only a month.

I would drive back to where you bought them, and get the manager to check them in situ. They should agree & offer you a replacement set.

thats what i was planning to do, i got a mixed bunch the ones in question are stamped SCE

Originally Posted by haydent

thats what i was planning to do, i got a mixed bunch the ones in question are stamped SCE

Mmm - wondering if that should be SCA ?

As in Super Crap Auto

its kinda suprise as they were from a well know rover parts place here in adelaide...

In that case, I would suggest that they would be rather interested to see them.

Maybe their supplier gave them some old or faulty stock.

Status Update:

Ive been running 1x Gates and 3x Dayco belts since removing the ones that cracked back in Feb.

The company who supplied them, blamed me, one guy said i fit them too tight, the next that they were to loose... and they also try tell me its normal

i don't know and its a bit hard to prove.

except that its been 8 months now, and i just took them all off again to replace my water pump and theres not one crack not a mark or anything on any of them.

you can just tell the difference in quality by looking.

they were sold to me with a pink "Allmakes 4x4" tag on them. (i think they are the importer/wholesaler but not who i bought them from)


so heres some pics of the original ones: (the cracks are pretty much all way around, in varying sizes.)



This damage from just one months use:

btw my new belt part numbers are:

Dayco 10A0675C
Dayco 13A0990C
Dayco 13A0925
Gates 13A1000