Timing Belt !

[Adam Evans]

Here are a few pictures of getting the timing belt done

Lovely 5 hour job !!!!!

Look at the date of that water pump !!!!

12/97

That quality water pump has travelled 253000 miles

[Titch LS]

A quarter of a million miles on one water pump says it all for Lexus quality. Adam, did you encounter any particular difficulties doing this job, for instance, getting the crankshaft pulley off? I will have to replace my timing belt fairly soon on my mk4, along with water pump, tensioners, etc

[Adam Evans]

Crank pulley was a pain in the backside to get off

You will certainly need a puller

Rest of it is straight forward but very time consuming.

Also my car has upto 200000 got FSH most of which is Lexus but I don't understand when the waterpump is due to be changed on the service intervals. I would have thought it would have been done at least once before now

[Mybikes a cx500]

What sort of condition was the old belt? I have a theory that in this relatively benign climate they stay in good condition (trying to justify puting of my change...)

[ambermarine]

Paradoxicly it is not the belt that fails,usually the tensioners or more importantly the water pump that goes and causes the belt to strip its teeth.This happened on my mark 1 just after its second belt change @ 122k .I would definitly change the belt , water pump and tensioners at 120k after that experience.Water pump is not down as a service interval renewal but experience's suffered by myself and other members point to a second cambelt interval renewal.

[Adam Evans]

Belt was in a worn condition but didn't look completely FUBARed

However it will always be in a better condition than the valves and your pocket will be if it snaps

Just get it done :P

[Mybikes a cx500]

Belt was in a worn condition but didn't look completely FUBARed

However it will always be in a better condition than the valves and your pocket will be if it snaps

Just get it done :P

Probably should,

200k on my car, belt was changed at 128k 7 years ago, no mention of water pump renewal, so I assume the water pump is original, and there's 74k on the belt. I have read posts about the water pump seizing.

[Adam Evans]

WOW

[Adam Evans]

Just a thought................... What is the going rate of doing a timing belt on LS400 ?????

What are people paying for the work ??

[ambermarine]

Lexus Glasgow charged me £325 a year ago.

[Ruud]

Lexus Glasgow charged me £325 a year ago.

That's quite alright especially for Lexus. My neighbour had his belt changed for his '03 Passat for £275 at the local garage.

Maybe I should phone Toyota Helensburgh and see what they charge.

[Titch LS]

Is this "cheap" price just for replacing the belt only or would it include all the accessories ie tensioners, idler pulley etc?

[Adam Evans]

Is that just labour or including parts ?

Sounds a bit cheap as the parts alone are about £250

Well that was timing belt kit water pump fan belt and antifreeze

[The Finn]

May I ask if you bought original or aftermarket parts?

I'm asking as this is a task I need to do during winter. Several aftermarket belt kits are available but don't know which waterpump to get if not just the OEM.

[Adam Evans]

I got a full SKF kit with both pulleys

The only thing not in the kit was 13540-50011 which is the tube shaped tensioner

Also I have fitted a circoli waterpump which is aftermarket and NOT built to OEM specs as to be built to OEM spec the new waterpump would have plastic impellers. The circolli waterpump has metal impellers.

Also it comes with SKF bearings inside the water pump (allegedly)

[The Finn]

Adam, thank you for the info - especially the waterpump hint.

[Bluesbreaker]

Adam, thank you for the info - especially the waterpump hint.

..I can't read your post properly,as I've tears of laughter blinding me,looking at your Avatar! ....

[The Finn]

The avatar has grown on me - so to speak - during all these years. :D

[ambermarine]

The question was "price for doing a timing belt" the answer was" price for doing a timing belt"

[Adam Evans]

Ok then what is the price for timing belt kit water pump fan belt and antifreeze

Just wanna see what the going rate is out there ??

[ambermarine]

Well back in 2006 when my mark1 had its failure as mentioned earlier it cost £850 to replace the items you have mentioned apart from fan belt but it had tensioner and idler pulleys replaced,believe the cost is a little cheaper now. My LS mark 1V had only done 19k the timing belt was done because it was over 10 years old in fact it was 14 years old and the cars service history did not show any replacement obviously the other parts were not worn so were not replaced.