timing belt, help please! need your advice and clarification.
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timing belt, help please! need your advice and clarification.
Hi. I searched first, and have read many different posts.
04, 35k miles. I want to do the timing belt, cause it seems to be what you guys all recommend. I will buy the parts most likely and have a great tech install it for me.
Dealer wants $700 for timing belt service. I admit, I do not know if that includes anything else besides the belt. I didn't know there was any other stuff involved til I read the forum. Should I do more than just the belt? I read there is a kit that includes "timing and serpentine belts, idler and tension pulleys, waterpump, thermostat, hydraulic tensioner".
Buy it from Sewell? What should I expect to pay? I checked out their site and don't see a specific parts department for me to "click and pay".
Sorry for the noob questions. I don't know how to wrench on cars at all.
Any and all help is really really appreciated. Thank you so much.
04, 35k miles. I want to do the timing belt, cause it seems to be what you guys all recommend. I will buy the parts most likely and have a great tech install it for me.
Dealer wants $700 for timing belt service. I admit, I do not know if that includes anything else besides the belt. I didn't know there was any other stuff involved til I read the forum. Should I do more than just the belt? I read there is a kit that includes "timing and serpentine belts, idler and tension pulleys, waterpump, thermostat, hydraulic tensioner".
Buy it from Sewell? What should I expect to pay? I checked out their site and don't see a specific parts department for me to "click and pay".
Sorry for the noob questions. I don't know how to wrench on cars at all.
Any and all help is really really appreciated. Thank you so much.
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Tensi,
I would only use a technician that has worked in a Lexus shop for this type of work. I paid $700 at a local shop in NC and it included belt, water pump, pulleys etc. Guy was a master technician at Lexus and he does all of the work on our SC that I can't do.
I would only use a technician that has worked in a Lexus shop for this type of work. I paid $700 at a local shop in NC and it included belt, water pump, pulleys etc. Guy was a master technician at Lexus and he does all of the work on our SC that I can't do.
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Tensi, @ 35K, I assume you have decided to replace the timing belt because you believe it will mitigate a belt failure due to age and not mileage. That's your call. You have time to get this done, take your time.
A Toyota tech or a Lexus tech can do the timing belt., this quote of $700 is for the labor only?
$700 to $750 is the estimate (most reasonable) and the upper limit would be $1,000 (all inclusive).
On fleabay, you can purchase a set of all you need for a Timing belt for the SC430, do a search. Take this list and ask Sewell how much it will cost. Or else Sewell recommends a package already for a timing belt job.
A friend of mine's SC430, he did the timing belt with a certified Lexus tech (on the side) for $750. Parts included.
Good luck to you.
A Toyota tech or a Lexus tech can do the timing belt., this quote of $700 is for the labor only?
$700 to $750 is the estimate (most reasonable) and the upper limit would be $1,000 (all inclusive).
On fleabay, you can purchase a set of all you need for a Timing belt for the SC430, do a search. Take this list and ask Sewell how much it will cost. Or else Sewell recommends a package already for a timing belt job.
A friend of mine's SC430, he did the timing belt with a certified Lexus tech (on the side) for $750. Parts included.
Good luck to you.
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What "kit" should I search for on Sewell? I tried, and came up empty. So lost.
Thanks so much.
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Hi tfeni. Thanks for the advice. The tech is a great guy, and a friend. He has done work on RXs before. I would go to a Lexus tech, if I knew of one.
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Tensi, @ 35K, I assume you have decided to replace the timing belt because you believe it will mitigate a belt failure due to age and not mileage. That's your call. You have time to get this done, take your time.
A Toyota tech or a Lexus tech can do the timing belt., this quote of $700 is for the labor only?
$700 to $750 is the estimate (most reasonable) and the upper limit would be $1,000 (all inclusive).
On fleabay, you can purchase a set of all you need for a Timing belt for the SC430, do a search. Take this list and ask Sewell how much it will cost. Or else Sewell recommends a package already for a timing belt job.
A friend of mine's SC430, he did the timing belt with a certified Lexus tech (on the side) for $750. Parts included.
Good luck to you.
A Toyota tech or a Lexus tech can do the timing belt., this quote of $700 is for the labor only?
$700 to $750 is the estimate (most reasonable) and the upper limit would be $1,000 (all inclusive).
On fleabay, you can purchase a set of all you need for a Timing belt for the SC430, do a search. Take this list and ask Sewell how much it will cost. Or else Sewell recommends a package already for a timing belt job.
A friend of mine's SC430, he did the timing belt with a certified Lexus tech (on the side) for $750. Parts included.
Good luck to you.
The $700 quote was from a Lexus dealer. The advisor said "timing belt is due cause the age of the car. Not doing it could lead to thousands of dollars in repairs". When I asked if it was anything else, he didn't seem all that knowledgeable, and said it was just the timing belt... parts and labor.
I think I feel more comfortable with a Sewell package. They seem to have an amazing reputation here. I don't trust myself to get the proper parts off of ebay. What do you recommend? The entire kit, or just the belt?
Thanks soo soo much.
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