Any thoughts...1999 but only 20,000 miles..
..timing belt change is 100,000.
That'll take me another...lets see....
...40 years or so!!
Does age have a major impact on when to change...
Thanks
jo
Any thoughts...1999 but only 20,000 miles..
..timing belt change is 100,000.
That'll take me another...lets see....
...40 years or so!!
Does age have a major impact on when to change...
Thanks
jo
Last edited by JoFotoz : 04/22/2010 at 01:55 PM
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Head Mechanic at St Charles said..
....MMMMmm..good question.
I'm thinking age gets it , and its time to change.
jo
Greetings, Earthling. We come in peace... Never mind "Paris to Dakar", the VehiCROSS looks ready for the Martian desert.
I dunno if this will clarify or muddy...
But here are sixty or so opinions...
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://a...8ANbgOc3nCE8gg
I dunno, I did mine at 90k or so and the belt looked fine. I know, I know, you can't really tell from looking at it.
Bottom line is, it can't hurt, it's not too difficult to do yourself, so if you got the cash and the time, do it for peace of mind.
Bart
Hey, if you have the cash lying around (and don't want to send it to me), then "why not!"
My bro-in-law/great friend has an import repair shop so I often seek his advice. I'd asked him about the recommendation of changing the oil at 3k miles vs. the manufacturer's suggested (gulp) 7.5k after I bought a newish car a few years ago. He said, "Well, heat is pretty harsh here and you do a lot of city driving. 7.5k is really a 'general' recommendation. You'd probably be fine, but I'd say with those factors 5k would be better. But, if you have the cash to change it every 3k miles, that's 'fairly cheap insurance' in my opinion."
Maybe your timing belt (and water pump while you're there?) falls into the "Insurance" / peace of mind category.
I was under the understanding that this was a non-interference motor, not a no tolerance motor. On Interference motors, the valves collide with the pistons when the timing belt breaks. I'm a brand new owner, but I thought I read on here that it was a non-interference motor, so you end up getting towed, and paying for service wherever you are, which is bad enough, but it's not a whole new motor. Who'd want a motor without tolerances any way?
We do have the non interference engine in the vx
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its been discussed and verified from Isuzu, someone posted the technical info a long time ago