Timing Belt Needs Changing?

[adam 32]

my car is coming up to its 100,000k service however approx 1 year ago i put a new engine in, which apparently was from a 34,000k front cut... im not sure if i believe this so i wanted to know how can i tell if the timing belt needs to be changed? it probably doesnt but for peace of mine i would like to make sure as the odometer is telling me it should be changed!

why dont i do it anyway? i dont really have enough spare $$ lying around right now for a possibly un-justified timing new timing belt...

thanks in advance

adam

[SKY031]

Well, try looking at it this way, if you don't have enough money for an 'unjustified' timing belt change, then you certainly don't have the money to fix things when the timing belt breaks.

Deal with it before it becomes a problem.

Because if you leave it, it will become a VERY expensive problem.

[rb25]

I changed mine at 80thou and it looked like it had done more work than that. Don't trust the km's on the motor.... So take the CAS off and the cam gear cover off and have a look at it, if its even a little bit dodgy change it. What people forget is that these cars spent alot of time idling, and sitting in traffic in japan. That and the fact that the odometers are wound back.....

[Guest RedLineGTR]

i'm with R31 Skyline Chick

[adam 32]

i understand the timing belt snap scenario, i was hoping it would be like a power steering or other belt as in you can tell if its needs changing by pulling the cover off and seeing if the belt has frayed at all

[GTB055]

Where is CAS by the way? are they locate in SYDNEY. And what is the contact no.1. My timming belt is noisy which i would like to change also.

[Ronin 09]

The CAS referred to above is the 'crank angle sensor' - it is the metal thingy on the front of the exhast cam wheel. Sorry i'm not sure what you are referring to with "contact no. 1"

[Jimbo2000]

are you talking about Croydon Autosports?

if so click here

http://www.croydonautosports.com.au