I bought my 2000 lexus IS200 with 98,000 miles on the clock.
It's history showed a cambelt change at 90,000...happy days.
Recently a mate of mines alpha blew up after the cambelt snapped, despite it being changed 20,000 miles prior. It turns out that altough his cambelt was changed, the tensioners weren't... as a result, they seized and his engine met an untimely end.
This got me thinking, so I rang the garage that carried out the cambelt change on my lex. To my horror, they told me that only the cambelt was changed and not the tensioners.
The cars now on 110,000 miles and I'm scared to death in case the tensioners seize up. It's on my list to get done, but I've got to make a 300 mile trip this week without fail.
Is this a safe idea??? There's no noise or obvious signs that there are any probems in there.
Where's the best place to order the parts from, and which parts would you recommend get changed?