Just picked up a Porsche 944

[CJRando]

@Boxersix

When were the timing and balance shaft belts last done, both date and mileage-ago? Record of replacing the idler and tensioner pulleys with the belts, and record of re-tension? Have owned a few of these myself and am a p-car mechanic through and through. Belts are notorious for dryrotting and/or getting soaked with oil, leading to ~$3000 worth of engine damage. Parts are cheap and the belt service and tension takes about 2 hours.

Just had a customer come in with one that the balance shaft belt was so loose on it I could rotate it ~360 degrees between shafts and was rubbing the t-belt bigtime.

Great car though. Drive the balls off this thing would ya. Don’t pamper it.

The timing belt was done in may 5th this year, no mileage on reciept. The balance shaft belt was done 6/27/02 53514 miles. I have a receipt for the tensioner pulleys from 2010. I’m going to go through it this weekend and do all the preventive maintenance on it. I’m pretty sure it needs a new fuel filter. This hasn’t been replaced in the last decade. I got the car this Monday. I’ll post some more pics of it once we get some decent weather and I can detail it.