had my belt done and water pump done today at 97000 miles and it was very close to no engine left. big chunks missing and threads hanging out. could have been expensive if had of left it any longer. also the water pump had leaked lots of pink gunk in behind the belt cover which was not helping.

if in doubt get it done!!!

did you take a photo of the old versus new belt ?

have the old belt so will get photo of it an get it up someday. near keeked my kacks whan i seen it lol

close call then mate

Sounds like perhaps it was the original belt, and if so perhaps it shows that Lexus were crazy to originally think that a 100K interval was ok ! Will be interested to see the pics.

yep few deep sighs of relief lol.

I'm not quite sure but if Toyota/Lexus state the the belt only needs to be replaced every 100k or so many years then if its the original and it snaps within that time frame then Toyota/Belt Manufacturer should be held responsible for suggesting such a replacement interval. Afterall if they said 5 years or 60k then you would have replaced it sooner.

must admitt mine is a 99 but i never new if its had a belt but obviously not lol. water pump was prety bad too. def recommend changing it if your doin belt

Are you changing the idler and tensioner aswel? My mechanic says its not neccesary?!

cheers

Pretty sure you should be changing those at the same time. I got those changed when my belt was done this week. Might as well, do you really want to have those same used items rubbing against your new belt for another 60K miles ?

they did not look in bad nick but i have been told the tensioners can wear so just put a belt kit with idler and tensioner and water pump. would not like to trust them when i get my nitrous fitted. better safe than sorry

Good move IMO mate, the Tensioner is essential, the Idler a sensible precaution,
as it the Water Pump.

best to do the job all at once