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Post Title: 97 i30 timing belt Posted by:festoooor at 7:51 AM 10/7/2008 Hello,
I have a 1997 i30 with 130,000 miles on it and i was told i should have gotten a timing belt at 105,000. Has anyone had any problems or recommendations for me?
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:Presscott707 at 9:27 AM 10/7/2008
95 and above maxima and I30 do not have timming belts they are timing chain.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (Presscott707) Posted by:festoooor at 12:40 PM 10/7/2008 so do i still need to get it changed or am i golden?
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:allensteiner at 1:32 PM 10/7/2008 you're good. they don't need to be replaced until they break - and i haven't heard of one breaking yet
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (allensteiner) Posted by:festoooor at 6:03 AM 10/8/2008 i was told by someone if it breaks that my rods will throw and my engine is shot though and I def dont want that to happen
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:allensteiner at 7:00 AM 10/8/2008 the timing chain is designed for the life of the engine. your "someone" is wrong - no offense. if the timing chain breaks the engine will turn off because the ignition timing will stop working.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (allensteiner) Posted by:MinisterofDOOM at 7:21 AM 10/8/2008 It might be designed to last the life of the engine, but if it does break it'll be catastrophic. The VQ is an interference engine, which means valves and pistons overlap, so if timing gets too offset you'll end up with bent valves or worse.
However, the chain will only break if something goes wrong. It was designed never to need to be replaced.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (MinisterofDOOM) Posted by:allensteiner at 7:35 AM 10/8/2008
Quote, originally posted by MinisterofDOOM »
It might be designed to last the life of the engine, but if it does break it'll be catastrophic. The VQ is an interference engine, which means valves and pistons overlap, so if timing gets too offset you'll end up with bent valves or worse.
However, the CHAIN will only break if something goes wrong. It was designed never to need to be replaced.
finxed idk if it'll get that far though. without the chain turning the cams it should stall out almost right away. shouldn't it? i'm guessing because i haven't seen a thread on any max forum about a timing chain breaking so it's hard to say for sure.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (allensteiner) Posted by:MinisterofDOOM at 7:42 AM 10/8/2008
Cams might stall out, pistons will keep moving for at least one of a number of reasons. Valves will be lifted somewhere, and that's where it will go bad. Believe me, it's bad. Tons and tons and tons of engines are the same way and there are lots and lots of stories out there about people loosing engines to belt or chain failure.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:festoooor at 8:28 AM 10/8/2008 no offense taken at all... so in other words i have nothing to worry about unless my something is really jacked up... i also read that its recommended to replace chain at 105,000... I am goin to attempt to get photos of my car up soon...
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:Presscott707 at 9:43 AM 10/8/2008 im at 140k and i havnt replaced mine and it doesnt make any noises of anything.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (Presscott707) Posted by:MinisterofDOOM at 1:21 PM 10/8/2008 I wouldn't even bother with it at 105k. Even later Nissan BELTS were good for almost that long. Chain should be good for over 300k miles unless something goes wrong. 105k is pretty much nothing to these motors. Tons of life left.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (MinisterofDOOM) Posted by:festoooor at 1:28 PM 10/8/2008 that is quite a relief to hear... thanks alot
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:diehard96 at 8:29 AM 6/7/2009 Hey man don't worry ,I have 242,000 on my 96 I-30 and have had no problems.I guess as long as you don't drive it like you stole it it'll last a lifetime.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:NutriaforBreakfast at 10:06 AM 6/8/2009 The best thing you can do for your car is to let it warm up after it is started, ESPECIALLY during cold weather.
My car is pretty noisy on start up but once the oil starts working in the parts on the upper engine (valves etc) it runs fine.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (festoooor) Posted by:themainman2029 at 3:51 PM 7/3/2009
As long as you don't drive the crap out of it and its been taken care of, you're fine. If it's had some major mechanical problems in the engine you might check into it.
Post Title: Re: 97 i30 timing belt (themainman2029) Posted by:Super Mario at 7:04 PM 10/6/2009 My '97 I30 is over 300,000 miles. Stop worrying.
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idk if it'll get that far though. without the chain turning the cams it should stall out almost right away. shouldn't it? i'm guessing because i haven't seen a thread on any max forum about a timing chain breaking so it's hard to say for sure.
