[Shotimes] What Happened ?

[Peter Maggiacomo]

I've had my 95MTX for 5 years now and it always had a 
peculiur starting procedure. Turn key and crank for 
no more than 3 seconds and turn key back to on
position... would start 75% of the time. Repeat if it
did not start. If that did'nt work, hold pedal to
floor
and crank... would always start then. I learned to
live with it over the years.
Last week my timing belt tensioner bearing went, and 
I had it replaced. Got lucky shop found an NOS on
local dealer shelf. Also had him put in a new belt as
long as he was in there, even though it had been
replaced a year ago. But here's the thing... the
engine is now an instant starter 100% of the time!
And idles smoother with more responsiveness to low
end throttle. So what happened?
-Pete
Tampa, Fl.