Q: Timing belt issues
I was told that it is a major waste of time and money to replace my broken timing belt on my galant because 99.999% of the time when the timing belt goes out it destroys the motor and once you get the belt put on it will throw a rod or something else major is that accurate?
My car has 225000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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