Anyone replaced a timing belt on a 4cyl toyota?

[ranier1315]

Jordan's timing belt broke and so far the best price I've found is $475 but they recommended replacing the water pump at the same time for $525. The car really isn't worth much more than that so I'm not sure I want to drop that much cash in to it. Any help would be great. Thanks.

P.S. 1997 4cyl. LE model.

[kvom]

Is it really a timing belt or just a serpentine?

[ranier1315]

It's a timing belt. Gotta remove water pump and cover to replace. I looked at a video on YouTube. Looks daunting. It's prolly why they want $500 to do it.

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[cru9]

That's not a bad price considering Volkswagens get $1000 for a timing belt change and they are 100% interface motors meaning belt breaks it tears a bunch of stuff up inside the motor.


Marc. Try calling Dubtech and ask for Justin. He did all my work on my Vw's but he will work on other brands

[ranier1315]

Thanks bobby. I will give him a call. At this point we're pretty much gonna sell her for scrap. I completely forgot that the Evap tank system was broken also. Add another $350 to the above list. Now it's really not worth fixing unless I can muster up the time to fix it myself.