timing belt ???

[fmeyer2]

Just bought an 01 xterra with 77,ooo . Manual says change the timing belt at 105k BUT should I be concerned over the age of the belt ?????
Thanks in advance for your help.

[dezurtrat]

Yea, it could be a problem. I wanna say it's 105k or 5 years but I need to check that.

BTW, welcome to CX! Go post up an intro in the new member section!

[aznboihoy03]

yea...i gotta 03 and im starting to worry bout the timing belt as well but i plan on changing regardless soon. i say just do it bro at least u know its been done. welcome to CX by the way.

[TN4x4Xterra]

I'd do it before I break 100k.
Right now, mine is 2001 and just over 75k miles and no problems as of right now.
Planning on replacing timing belt within the year.

[outwiththeold]

You don't want this!!(you young guys may want to look away)ps.this is not my truck.

[dezurtrat]

Ouch! That is bad, bad, bad...........................


And, a belt missing the cogs like that on an interference fit engine like the Xterra will get you valves like this:

[DaveC]

My Xterra has 72k miles on it, and it was put into service in March 2004 (when the original owner bought it). So I plan to get my timing belt and water pump job done this coming Spring or Summer; just to be on the safe side. I'm not too positive about the "5 year" thing, but I know it's 105,000 miles or before that it should be changed along with the water pump. So I'm just going to do it this Spring/Summer regardless of the mileage. Might as well right? It can't hurt anything, and it helps me avoid an unexpected valve workover like the one pictured above.

[dezurtrat]

Here is a write-up in case you hadn't seen it:

HOW TO-02 VG33E Timing Belt Replacement

[DaveC]

Good stuff! That's a great link to bookmark. Thanks!

[areyes]

man those valves look horrible your whole engine musta been stumbling like crazy