Timing Belt
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To each their own, but I would not even consider it until 120,000 + miles unless I had been very hard on the car or have reason to believe that a prior owner was. That would now be my policy on even a Generation II interference engine!!
In the real world these things just do not break!! Been here a lot of years & the only one that I can even recall reading about happened when a water pump failed.
I did mine at 172,000 when a fan bracket bearing failed.
In the real world these things just do not break!! Been here a lot of years & the only one that I can even recall reading about happened when a water pump failed.
I did mine at 172,000 when a fan bracket bearing failed.
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I have a 94, and I didn't change mine until 230k miles. I wouldn't recommend going this far but just letting you know that these things are built solid on our cars and last a long time before they give you trouble.
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I just got spark plugs, TB, and water pump, fuel filter, ps flush done by a reputable CHEAP local mechanic who has been working on our cars for years for $800. Timing belt looked on the verge of destruction, tons of cracks all over it. The water pump was cracked and the spark plugs were toast. Car runs great now with the plugs.
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damon - at that time the car was shuddering when idle and I wasn't sure what was causing it. I looked around in the forum for some advice which was to replace spartk plugs, wires, clean TB etc....so I thought while I'm getting these done then might as well get the TB and water pump replace too since I'm planning to keep this car for a long long time. Believe it or not I also replaced the original drive belt at that time too. Needless to say the belts were in pritty bad shape. I'm of the thought that if it aint broken dont fix it. I know I took a gamble in letting these things go on for so long but I'm really impressed with lexus quality.
I don't drive my car hard at all and replace alll the fluids at regular intervals so maybe that's why my car just keeps going and going without any issues.
I don't drive my car hard at all and replace alll the fluids at regular intervals so maybe that's why my car just keeps going and going without any issues.
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I would have carried my TB kit in my trunk until 230,000 if mine would have gone that long. There really is no risk on a pre-94. When my fan bracket bearing failed & most of the parts were coming off the front of the 1uz-fe for that repair anyway I went ahead & did the whole shabang.
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Originally Posted by mattward70
I just got spark plugs, TB, and water pump, fuel filter, ps flush done by a reputable CHEAP local mechanic who has been working on our cars for years for $800. Timing belt looked on the verge of destruction, tons of cracks all over it. The water pump was cracked and the spark plugs were toast. Car runs great now with the plugs.
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