It Had To Happen...

[Marsss]

My timing belt is getting replaced.. along with the water pump.. of course.. yep, my baby hit six figures

Anyone else? c'mon.. admit it. :lol:

[d00dz]

nfi if mine has hit 6 figures or not.. As it arrived here with 66k... So its hard to tell. But I did my belt and other stuff when I got it.

More for a piece of mind that the car wont break few months down the track... And now 6 months on.. car is going great!

Need more power now! After seeing so many on the cruise and only hitting 158rwkw...

[Sl!m]

gees though somthing bad happened marss!! lol

mine snapped in the lancer, caused big expensive problems. only got 80k in the line so isnt time to replace just yet

Edited September 28, 2005 by sl!m

[Wink]

What timing belt are you replacing it with?

Is there any difference between a Nissan one and an aftermarket one (eg I know GReddy makes them)?

[Marsss]

gees though somthing bad happened marss!! lol

mine snapped in the lancer, caused big expensive problems. only got 80k in the line so isnt time to replace just yet

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hahahah! ye... bad for my wallet... <_<

[Marsss]

What timing belt are you replacing it with?

Is there any difference between a Nissan one and an aftermarket one (eg I know GReddy makes them)?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nah going with the original NISSAN one, i was adviced to KEEP IT REAL... :lol:

[shonen]

Nah going with the original NISSAN one, i was adviced to KEEP IT REAL... :lol:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

WERD....

I got mine done last week......it was 5K over due...

Bought the car 2 years ago and it had 23k on it....now its got 105k...

I dreaded hitting the 100k mark....but meh its not so bad.....

[[[d a n n y]]]

gates belt yo!!!

3 times stronger than OEM YO!!!

[Binky1970]

Mine has only just hit 90000ks and is having all that stuff done. Its also having the PFC installed and tuned

I'm going for stock Nissan belts as the aftermarket ones cost a lot more and most of them make a shitload more noise than the standard ones.

[Tosh]

Mine had 156,000 when I sold it

STD Nissan Timing Belt's fine unless your pushing some rediculous amount of HP.

Gates are good for strength but the blue coating comes off them very quickly. Bit annoying when that's one of the reasons you buy it and show it off..

[mass_iv]

just a quick question wats a water pump worth these days?

as im trying to save up and replace the belts and pump, my wallet is fairly empty these days!!!

[Blitz]

gates belt yo!!!

3 times stronger than OEM YO!!!

And noisy YO

[Beer Baron]

yes i would love to know how aftermarket belts are noiser than nissan ones? this should be a good explanation...

[Blitz]

yes i would love to know how aftermarket belts are noiser than nissan ones? this should be a good explanation...

It seems to be the Gates belts rather than all a/m belts in general. More than one workshop has mentioned the fact that the Gates belts tend to be noisy, I can only imagine is related to their design and/or material they are made from.

[Beer Baron]

ahh i see, i thought you were being sarcastic!

well there is not a standard belt left on my car. i'm using Greddy timing belt and pitwork accesory belts and they are quiet.

[Flaps]

I was advised that belts need to be changed every 40000kms on a turbo car.

[Tosh]

an N1 Water pump is around $350

[Marsss]

Yeah and the NISSAN one is $135... as i said KEEP IT REAL

I got Nissan belts which made a bit of noise for the first 100Ks but have now settled nicely in their new home.

[lwells]

Mine's still running the original belt (well, I assume it is). Really gotta do something about that *snap*

Tossing up whether to do it myself or just get it done by a mechanic. Out of interest, how easy/hard is it to tell if the water pump is cactus or a-ok? I remember SK saying that there is no point just replace the water pump without actually checking it...

[Marsss]

Well for wot it's worth... if you don't, you risk having to do the job later as the whole thing has to be pulled apart again and that means bigger bucks on labour.