What mileage do timing belts break?

It’s important to replace your timing belt at the mileage intervals your vehicle manufacturer recommends. Every manufacturer is different, but typically, it needs to be replaced every 60,000–100,000 miles. The recommended interval for your specific vehicle can be found in your car’s owner’s manual.

How many miles should timing belt be replaced?

How regularly should I change my timing belt? We recommend you replace your timing belt every four years, or at around the 60,000 mile mark. However, you might have noticed some symptoms of a worn timing belt.

Can a timing belt last $200 000 miles?

Of course the timing belt itself has to be replaced at, whichever comes first, the time or the mileage in the owner’s manual. There’s no way that these various components are going to last through two timing belts – they’re not going to last for 200,000 miles in most cases.

What are signs your timing belt needs to be changed?

The most common signs that your timing belt needs to be replaced include:

• Ticking noise from under the hood when the engine is running.
• The engine doesn’t start.
• The engine misfiring while driving.
• Oil leaking from the front-side of where the motor is under the hood.
• Hydroplaning while driving in wet weather conditions.

How often should I check the condition of my timing belt?

The approximate number of miles or kilometers your car has travelled will affect the condition of your timing belt. Generally, if your car has travelled anywhere between 60,000 miles (c. 100,000 kilometers) and 100,000 mile s (c. 160,000 kilometers), you will at least need to check its condition. Each make and model varies.

Why does the timing on my Car have incorrect timing?

Incorrect timing of the engine can be due to many things. Often it’s not even the belt itself. It is rather pulleys that are damaged or a timing belt tensioner that has loosened up. In a worst-case scenario, your timing belt may ‘jump’. This means that the belt jumps a tooth on one of the pulleys it runs around.

Should I replace the timing belt by actual mileage or actual mileage?

I’m hoping replacing by actual mileage is ok & that that is the real recommended approach. The answer depends on your comfort with gambling that you won’t inflict $$$ in engine damage if the belt breaks, or the belt won’t break when you’re on the interstate on a dark rainy night between two trucks.

Can a broken timing belt damage the engine?

That means that if the valves and pistons are not kept in time (which is what the timing belt does) they will crash into each other. This generally bends the valves and can damage pistons. In other words – a broken timing belt on this car can destroy the engine.