Timing belt questions! advice needed
12-11-08, 04:19 AM
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The valve cover gaskets are only $10 each, I would suggest you replace them to prevent any future oil leaks. I would not skip any of those things in the list. If they fail, then you will have to pull a bunch of stuff apart to replace those parts. Might as well do it all at once and be done with it and not have to deal with it for the next 100k miles.
12-11-08, 12:44 PM
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After 18+ years in the automotive aftermarket, I can tell you when my Lexus needs something, I only use OEM parts. It's pretty much a given that an OEM timing belt will last at least 90K. Would you risk the possibility of bending half of the valves in your engine with a belt purchased off of EBay? If you did buy an EBay belt, installed it and it failed, who would you go back on? Not to say that I don't use EBay because I buy a lot of stuff there. I just wouldn't trust something so important in an expensive engine.
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