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Timing belt OEM Toyota or Contitech
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I've never seen a Toyota or Lexus have a belt failure. The other components idler(s) and water pump are usually the cause of catastrophic timing failure.
Pros: no belt failure
Vehicle:
Toyota
Just replaced the timing belt on a 25 year old Sienna with 150k miles. Almost pristine. No cracks, very little wear. I was surprised.
Pros: almost pristine, little wear
Vehicle:
Toyota Sienna
Mileage: 241401 km
I use contitech on All my cars
Pros: used on all cars
I own a 2006 Toyota Sequoia. Bought it brand new. We’ve had very little if any issues with it.
Pros: very little issues
Vehicle:
Toyota Sequoia
Mileage: 150000 km
I recently changed a 22 year old timing belt with 230,000 miles from a Lexus gs 400
Pros: very durable, 22 years old
Vehicle:
Lexus
Mileage: 370148 km
My 96 Camry 265k has the original belt and pump.
Pros: original belt, very durable
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
Mileage: 426485 km
I was in a similar situation on my LS430. I saw the sticker under the hood that was done 130k miles prior to the current mileage. The belt was perfectly fine and had most likely been replaced since. If it’s a genuine Aisin/Toyota belt it’s probably still good. I’ve seen these go far and beyond 10yr/100k mile mark
Pros: perfectly fine, long lasting
Vehicle:
Lexus
Mileage: 209214 km
crack is already visible in the first picture.. Heard it's best replace every 60K KM.. Also, there's a belt made by contitech that design specifically for peugeot/citron to withstand oil, and like what others have mention. Use the right and good quality oil.
Pros: good quality oil
Cons: crack is visible
Mileage: 60000 km
I have a 2001 Lexus LS 430. It had about 215,000 when I got the timing belt replace. It was the original and was starting to crack. If my 21 year old belt made it to 215k and didn’t break yet. Thats when I saw mine was old and cracked.
Pros: very long lasting, 21 years
Cons: starting to crack, old
Vehicle:
Lexus
Mileage: 346008 km
I experienced this as well. Bought a kit and the belt was sooooo hard to get on. Like I knew it wasn’t going to be easy but man it was hard to get on. The belt broke after less than 10k miles. Everything was marked genuine, etc.
Cons: hard to install, broke quickly
Mileage: 10000 km
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