MrShim78

HI Guys

here I am again with a newbie mechanical question...!

My timing belt is going to be due at some point later this year. I do very few KM (not miles KM! I am in Canada) per month, about 800. my es300's belt was changed at 93,000 KM, and now its at 193,000 KM. so another 10-20,000 KM and it would be time. anyhow, always planning ahead (Sometimes lol) i looked up prices.

Rock auto's kit is about $200 or so (AISIN/etc).

and this one on ebay is only $114.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/140531946341?...#ht_2183wt_952

which would you buy...? also does it matter WHICH brand of timing belt to get? there are all kinds from $13 to $32+ (jsut the belt)

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

kakarot

I'm going to do my TB next month and I will stick with OEM(AISIN) that just me.
Any internal parts I will replace it with OEM, my original TB has about 176,000miles it is due for a new TB.

LeX2K

GMB water pumps are junk IMO.

01LEXPL

iTrader: (10)

Get the aisin kit from Rockauto... Add the hydraulic tensioner since it doesn't come with one, cam seals too.

03 ES

Get the aisin kit.

iGOTlexy

iTrader: (3)

why not oem ?

skillvsluck

I would go with the OEM timing belt. Even if you go to Toyota, the belt itself isn't expensive...its the labor they charge thats ridiculous

BradTank

Get the Aisin or Gates kit at RockAuto, you just don't know what you're getting sometimes with the Ebay kits.

Something though to keep in mind, with your mileage, you have several years before you really need to replace your timing belt. The factory manual replace it every 90k or so miles, which come out to around every 150,000 kilometers. So you have about 50k kilometers to go before you really need to replace it.