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When Should You Change The Cam Belt


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hi matey,the book says 60k but i got mine done at 50,ive heard of some going just before 60k and its not pretty,expect to pay around the 200 mark using a toyota belt NOT some car spares crap,also dont scrimp on the fitting,the first "garage"i took mine too took 4 hours and couldent undo the crank bolt,next specialist i went too ,job completed in 2 hours so spend that little extraits worth the piece of mind.

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Its not a bad idea to change the belt when you buy the car so you know where you are starting from.

 

As for it being "not pretty" if the cambelt goes, all Supras apart from VVTIs are clearance engines, so the worst that will happen is an embarrasing tow home.

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Yep, its been discussed on here several times before.

 

Actually, if you run big cams or buy vernier pulleys and feck about with the timing then you can make the engine into an interference one. Someone may post up the limit on cam duration if they read this.

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My mate had a Nissan Micra and he read the manual as saying change the belt at 50k. So seeing as he was on 48k he had some time to go. Unfortunately it was 50k or every 3 years. One day when the car was idling on the drive the 13 year old cambelt let go! When i pulled the engine down the cambelt had crumbled to a dust type of compound and it had wiped out 3 valves.

I should think that hardly anyone on here does the type of mileage to warrant what mileage its due, i would concentrate more upon the amount of time it has been on. If you don`t know, change it now! It was the very first job i did on mine.

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Its not a bad idea to change the belt when you buy the car so you know where you are starting from.

 

As for it being "not pretty" if the cambelt goes, all Supras apart from VVTIs are clearance engines, so the worst that will happen is an embarrasing tow home.

 

:taped:

 

Thought I had read on here that all the Supra Engines are clearance engines?

 

God damn.. Got any links to threads incase I cant find them.. Going to loo around now. :rtfm:

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Originally Posted by Digsy

if the cambelt goes, all Supras apart from VVTIs are clearance engines,

Thought I had read on here that all the Supra Engines are clearance engines?
All apart from the NA VVTi. And you'll be hard pushed find one of those rare beasts in the UK
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