Timing belt : How far past 100,000 miles have you gone without replacing it.

[Eos]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
Timing chain FTW!

It was a pleasant surprise to find out my wife's Corolla has one.

Same. 2003 Corolla owner here.

The 1996 Avalon has a belt, though.

Changed at

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: jamesave

Originally posted by: LoKe
It's so cheap, please just replace it.

are you kidding?

You can do it yourself if you have the tools. Either way, if you were to get it professionally done, the $250-$500 is well worth it.

That would involve stepping away from the computer and leaving the cave so many here are not likely to comply. They just have to spend more money is all.

I've seen my father do it and it's a pain in the ass (V6 DOHC). But I'd imagine with a 4 cyl single over head cam (one less pully to wrap the belt around) and the right tools it would be eaiser. Just not many of us have the right tools or know how and time to do it. I have no where to jack up my car and im not about to remove radiator hoses, drive belts, A/c parts, engine mounts, and replace the water pump. That's a job worth paying 4-5 dollars for and keeping the skin on my knuckles intact.

I also remember Exxon screwing up my friends timing belt because they just randomly wrapped the belt around the pullys. Moral of the story, don't go to a gas station for engine service.

 

[gypsyman]

Since I started this thread I should let you know that today I put my 2000 Accord into the Honda dealer shop. $499 gets me a new timing belt, water pump, the belts that cover the ac-power steering and alternator, valve cover gasket, new coolant and a car wash. So I caved in at 7 years 5 months and 82,000 miles. I think $499 is a fair price and now I wont have to worry about my interference valves slapping my pistons and killing the motor.

 

[Eos]

Originally posted by: gypsyman
Since I started this thread I should let you know that today I put my 2000 Accord into the Honda dealer shop. $499 gets me a new timing belt, water pump, the belts that cover the ac-power steering and alternator, valve cover gasket, new coolant and a car wash. So I caved in at 7 years 5 months and 82,000 miles. I think $499 is a fair price and now I wont have to worry about my interference valves slapping my pistons and killing the motor.

I think that's a fair price.

I paid $912 for:

timing belt
new plugs
new tensioner
new idler bearing
new water pump
new air filter
new fuel filter
new PCV valve
new plug wires

6.5 hours ($390) labor at a small shop.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Regs
I've seen my father do it and it's a pain in the ass (V6 DOHC). But I'd imagine with a 4 cyl single over head cam (one less pully to wrap the belt around) and the right tools it would be eaiser. Just not many of us have the right tools or know how and time to do it. I have no where to jack up my car and im not about to remove radiator hoses, drive belts, A/c parts, engine mounts, and replace the water pump. That's a job worth paying 4-5 dollars for and keeping the skin on my knuckles intact.

I also remember Exxon screwing up my friends timing belt because they just randomly wrapped the belt around the pullys. Moral of the story, don't go to a gas station for engine service.

Depends on the car, of course, but it can indeed be a real pain. It's not too hard to get at on my car...pretty much just remove the motor mount on that side, take off the covers, and very carefully remove the old one and put the new one on...but considering that you have virtually NO space to work with, the waterpump adds to the complexity if you're changing that as well, and you can't see the indexing marks with the engine in the car, I did it while I had the engine out and was changing my clutch. Now THAT was a piece of cake.

Originally posted by: gypsyman
Since I started this thread I should let you know that today I put my 2000 Accord into the Honda dealer shop. $499 gets me a new timing belt, water pump, the belts that cover the ac-power steering and alternator, valve cover gasket, new coolant and a car wash. So I caved in at 7 years 5 months and 82,000 miles. I think $499 is a fair price and now I wont have to worry about my interference valves slapping my pistons and killing the motor.

That is a good price.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: eos

Originally posted by: gypsyman
Since I started this thread I should let you know that today I put my 2000 Accord into the Honda dealer shop. $499 gets me a new timing belt, water pump, the belts that cover the ac-power steering and alternator, valve cover gasket, new coolant and a car wash. So I caved in at 7 years 5 months and 82,000 miles. I think $499 is a fair price and now I wont have to worry about my interference valves slapping my pistons and killing the motor.

I think that's a fair price.

I paid $912 for:

timing belt
new plugs
new tensioner
new idler bearing
new water pump
new air filter
new fuel filter
new PCV valve
new plug wires

6.5 hours ($390) labor at a small shop.

My Audi dealer wanted $1,500 for less work than that.

Nice car, but I'm not going miss getting it serviced at the dealer!

 

[Leftylew]

9 years and 166,000 miles. Finally did it two days ago. Honda Accord, 2001 with four cylinders.

 

[Art&Science]

Well glad we can close the book on that one...