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Old 11 Sep 2004, 07:04 pm
John Ings
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Default Re: Timing belts vs. chains (was Re: $1150 timing belt & 90,000 maintence, good qoute?)

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:01:42 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

>> In '90 most of the imports did use timing belts (except Nilsson 4 cylinder
>> engines of that generation used chains).

>
>And even chains aren't perfect. My brother had a 91 Infiniti Q45
>(Nissan), which used chains; at some point, he had to have the chains
>replaced. Apparently it's not at all unusual.
>
>Of course, this was $2700...


Because when you change the chains, you're supposed to change the
sprockets too...


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