Timing Belt
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Timing Belt
Thought I'd share my timing belt job experience.
Knew I could do it myself but also knew that I'd take months to get to it, if at all. Had it done buy a mechanic I know well. Total cost came out to about $1100 parts and labor. Everything was done, water pump, tensioners, thermostat, belts, etc. The only part not changed was the camshaft seals which looked good.
At 87k the timing belt was definitely worn so for those that think about postponing the job, think again. Better safe than sorry.
The one interesting thing found was one of my camshaft bolts was finger loose. Not good and glad it was found.
At least I have peace of mind and can focus on everything else now! LOL!
Knew I could do it myself but also knew that I'd take months to get to it, if at all. Had it done buy a mechanic I know well. Total cost came out to about $1100 parts and labor. Everything was done, water pump, tensioners, thermostat, belts, etc. The only part not changed was the camshaft seals which looked good.
At 87k the timing belt was definitely worn so for those that think about postponing the job, think again. Better safe than sorry.
The one interesting thing found was one of my camshaft bolts was finger loose. Not good and glad it was found.
At least I have peace of mind and can focus on everything else now! LOL!
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Ren, Thanks for sharing your timing belt experience. One other item that should be noted, is that unless your replacing your timing belt with an OEM timing belt or one that is equivalent or better, the next maintenance interval may not be exactly the same for service/replacement. Just something to be mindful of.
Last edited by sixonemale; 07-27-11 at 06:04 PM.
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Another missed opportunity to look at a bad belt. This is the 1st that I heard of a BAD belt and at 87K, something's not right.
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Nothing is ever going to be the same car to car.
That's why you have some belts lasting nearly forever and others that'll break much sooner than expected.
When I used to work on BMW's I saw belts that broke with under 40k miles. Others ran well over 100k.
Then again, BMW suggested belt replacement is about 60k if I recall correctly.
MUCH easier than Lexus, though.
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I had the same finding when I did mine...perhaps that should be something for people to look for?
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Where are these bolts? Maybe will check mine.
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I change mine at 70k it still looked new, I know it should be 100k or 5 years but I also had a Lexus is200 USA version is the is300 the recommended change on them is 100k and boy I was lucky I put it in at 76k and it was ready to snap
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I recently had my CRV Timing belt replaced @ 118k miles. The belt looked decent, you have to actually try to bend it to see micro cracks. Nowhere close to failing.
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