3.4L Timing Belt inspection - Heres what I saw?

[Fmr12B]

Popped open the inspection cover, noticing that the bolts were mismatched, one 8mm and one 10mm. Hopefully a good sign the belt had been replaced once prior.

 

So the top of the cover had some rubber dust but no large strips and the amount of belt dust seemed pretty minimal, Of course I have no idea what I'm talking about as I've never owned a 3.4L car.

 

Car has 105K miles on her and is a '95.

 

Any insight on what a belt/inspection cover looks like of the belt is needing an immediate replacemnet?

 

I guess when I pick up the car sometime this week I'll post pics for the experts to give their 2cents on! :?

[Psych0matt]

if its needing replaced it will show apparent wear of course, but it will have what looks like hairs fraying off and lots of dust. if its like that then it definitely needs a new t-belt

[jeremy]

sometimes a worn belt will either be frayed or if you look hard enough you can see "metal" coming through the belt, like in the picture below that I borrowed from a different thread

 

[chadz34]

I can't make out the metal you see..... :?

[jeremy]

it is minimally noticeable in the pic

[Psych0matt]

are you talking about where the belt is worn on the edges so that the teeth stick out slightly?

[1990lumina]

are you talking about where the belt is worn on the edges so that the teeth stick out slightly?

 

That is what I see as well

[chadz34]

I see that now.

[Vegeta]

that belt doesnt look bad to me.....but its just a picture too. Ive seen much worse than that still working fine.

[Redfox340]

Where's the picture of when my timing belt sharded?

I'll have to dig that out and post it...

 

- Erik

[Turbo231]

Yea..that's my belt...and she's showed metal for about 50k miles now. All's well that ends well.

[jeremy]

Yea..that's my belt...and she's showed metal for about 50k miles now. All's well that ends well.

 

[Turbo231]

Yea..that's my belt...and she's showed metal for about 50k miles now. All's well that ends well.

 

 

It's for sale, let it be the next owner's problem. She should make the year, which is all I need.

[badassoldspower]

Yeah timing belts are no big thing, you dont really need em.

[digitaloutsider]

Yeah, just tie a string around the cogs. Works perfect.

[GutlessSupreme]

You silly DOHC owners with your stupid timing belts

[badassoldspower]

i know like digital outsider said strings work just fine

[Kalgorn]

i know like digital outsider said strings work just fine

 

Pffffffft!

 

Real men use duct tape. Worked for me...

[Redwingvksm]

Zip Ties > *.*

[badassoldspower]

i can top that, i think the optimum thing to use would be spaghetti noodles

[digitaloutsider]

 

Everyone knows paper mache´is worlds better

[badassoldspower]

i have accepted my defeat

[Turbo231]

Nice thing about spaghetti noodles is they can get wet...unlike paper mache which is toast after a few drops...and if it doesn't get wet, then it catches fire..thats not so good either. I personally am saving up used dental floss. Why throw this stuff away?

[badassoldspower]

:withstupid: Yes you are my hero!

[ShockTherapy]

Nice thing about spaghetti noodles is they can get wet...unlike paper mache which is toast after a few drops...and if it doesn't get wet, then it catches fire..thats not so good either. I personally am saving up used dental floss. Why throw this stuff away?

 

best idea yet !