Timing Belt & A Sticker

[Dav]

i got this little sticker on the motor cover that says something about 100,000km, im guessing its something about the timing belt which needs to be done at 100,000km right?

anyway i got a pic here so if anyone can tell me what its trying to tell me, i'd be happy and that

[Modena]

i got this little sticker on the motor cover that says something about 100,000km, im guessing its something about the timing belt which needs to be done at 100,000km right?

Correct... you may want to consider changing the belt around 90,000 KM mark and definately NOT over 100,000 KM mark, reason being, Jap cars have most of their speedos wound back. And the LAST thing you want snapping is your timin belt, if it does, your engine is "capoot."

[Dav]

ahh thanks for that, had a timing belt go in my old beemer, that cost me a fair bit dont want that happening again

[LoNg_ShaNks]

Hmm Sir-D thats a wee bit suss. I use to own a 1989 nissan pulsar sss before owning my skyline and one day while driving from the gold coast to brisbane my timing belt snapped on the pulsar, the cars power died immediately and i had to pull over and call racq. The next day they replaced the timing belt and all was fine. Apparently the nissan pulsar had some sort of safety mechanism on it so if the timing belt did snap the valves or pistons (im not a mechanic) etc would retract and no damage would be done to the motor. My question is wouldnt skylines have the same safety technology?

By the way my skyline has traveled according to the clock 107,000K's and still im yet to have it serviced. My funds are low and i have been quoted between $800 to $1000 for the magor 100,000K service.

Edited September 21, 2006 by LoNg_ShaNks

[Nozila]

i dont think rb's have that safety mechanism but i could be wrong. i know for a fact that in celica's and camry's - same motor, a snapped timing belt doesnt cause any damage to the engine. jut replace and away you go.

[LoNg_ShaNks]

Hmm can any1 here confirm yes or no whether RB engines have this safety mechanism? cheers!

[RB20_ZED]

I dont think there is a problem if you snap ur timing belt in an rb (besides the obvious) - i mean it doesnt damage the rb engines - cant remember why but its basically the straight set-up of the engine - im sure that v engine setups will definately damage if the timing belt snaps though.

[MYS013]

I thought that sticker meant the timing belt had been changed. The sticker comes with the timing belt when purchased from Nissan?

[n15m0]

nah tht sticker is definately a reminder to change it at 100ks. The sticker that comes with timing belts normally have a part where you write down the date and kms when it was changed.

[Dav]

I dont think there is a problem if you snap ur timing belt in an rb (besides the obvious) - i mean it doesnt damage the rb engines - cant remember why but its basically the straight set-up of the engine - im sure that v engine setups will definately damage if the timing belt snaps though.

being a straight config engine doesnt mean its not going to die if the belt snaps, my beemer was a straight 6 and it was stuffed when the belt snapped

[LoNg_ShaNks]

So ppl can any mechanical guru or some1 reading this thread who knows what im on about answer my original question? cheers

ps. by the way the question is posted above

[Sambo33gtst]

Bro mine had that sticker to, but had another one stuck over the top of it saying that my timing was done @ 93.xxx km's...i ripped it off, and got it done again. And sure enough it was bullsh!t...get ur timing checked man...as far as im concerned theyre not legit.

Edited September 22, 2006 by Sambo33gtst

[Craved]

RB's are not non compliance heads ... they

basically the "saftey" mechanism is the fact that a top Dead Centre the valves do not extend far enough to hit the piston - which is what causes the damage

RB's WILL bend valves if you timing belt snaps

that (sticker as said above) is for writing on with the KMs the car has done before its changed

so if you change it at 90,000 the first time, you should change before 190,000 next time

[Rekin]

In a copy of HPI mag i have (GTR Special no.5) in the section "Buying a gtr" they state that if you have the 100,00km sticker the timing belt has been changed.

Although this sticker looks different to yours so meh

[Scratch]

By the way my skyline has traveled according to the clock 107,000K's and still im yet to have it serviced. My funds are low and i have been quoted between $800 to $1000 for the magor 100,000K service.

the 100000k service is considered by most workshops to be a full fluid bleed and change for your pwsteering. etc... along with changing your belts and water pump {hence the prices}. mention that you only want to do the belt and that should cut the price.. get the water pump changed if you can, coz u'll save on labour doin it with the belt.

dont risk the engine over a belt... engines cost more to fix

Edited September 22, 2006 by Scratch

[Dav]

its deffinatly goin in for a service some time next week, just need to call those wonderful ppl down at autosport.

thanks everyone for your help.

[SiR_RB]

wen i had my VL commo i was driving doin about 70km/h and car just stopped, we pushed it into the servo station just further down, where i kept crankin it over and over, still wouldnt start, got it towed bak home and found the timing belt tensioner bolt snapped and the belt off the cam gear, after replacing everything, car started right up again, no problems at all, nice and smooth.