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Car Forum / Hyundai Cars / January 2008timing belt question
Looking at the Edmunds Maintenance/Service site http://www.edmunds.com/maintenance/MaintenanceServlet it says that the recommended replacement schedule for an Elantra ('07) is at 60k miles. It would seem that at 120k the belt should be replaced again but that is not indicated. So my question is: Does that mean that the replacement belt is so much better that it doesn't need to be replaced or that after 100k Hyundai doesn't care if the belt breaks as they are off the hook. I also noticed that ALL Hyundais are to have the belt replaced at the 60k interval. It was my impression that the V6s had chains and thus didn't need that service. Anyone be able to set me straight?? Thanks, John > Looking at the Edmunds Maintenance/Service site > http://www.edmunds.com/maintenance/MaintenanceServlet [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > replaced or that after 100k Hyundai doesn't care if the belt breaks as > they are off the hook. Neither. If you look in the Maintenance Log that comes with the car, timing belt replacement is indicated every 60K miles. > I also noticed that ALL Hyundais are to have the > belt replaced at the 60k interval. It was my impression that the V6s > had chains and thus didn't need that service. Anyone be able to set me > straight?? The timing-CHAIN equipped engines obviously don't need a timing BELT change. Thanks Brian >> Looking at the Edmunds Maintenance/Service site >> http://www.edmunds.com/maintenance/MaintenanceServlet [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > The timing-CHAIN equipped engines obviously don't need a timing BELT > change. Actually, check your manual carefully. I believe the interval for the timing belt for your car is 105,000 miles (or 7 years). -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > Actually, check your manual carefully. I believe the interval for the > timing belt for your car is 105,000 miles (or 7 years). Did that change in '07? Is it just for California cars, as it was previously? >> Actually, check your manual carefully. I believe the interval for the >> timing belt for your car is 105,000 miles (or 7 years). > > Did that change in '07? Is it just for California cars, as it was > previously? I finally was able to check the service schedule in the owner's manual for 07 Elantra. Inspect timing belt at 60k & 120k replace at 90k and 150k. For the amount of damage a broken belt can cause I,d go for the shorter time/distance even if makers suggested a tad longer. Valves through pistons are not a pretty sight. John >>> Actually, check your manual carefully. I believe the interval for the >>> timing belt for your car is 105,000 miles (or 7 years). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I finally was able to check the service schedule in the owner's manual for > 07 Elantra. Inspect timing belt at 60k & 120k replace at 90k and 150k. I believe the interval changed for the '07 Elantra and '07 Santa Fe. 90k and then 150k, as jp has posted, however, seems to make little sense. -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > I believe the interval changed for the '07 Elantra and '07 Santa Fe. 90k > and then 150k, as jp has posted, however, seems to make little sense. > > -- > Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html Which raise the question: Is there an easy way to inspect the timing belt or is it just about as labor intensive as changing it? "jp103" <jpoinier110522mi@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message > Which raise the question: Is there an easy way to inspect the timing belt > or is it just about as labor intensive as changing it? Not visible at all until you disassemble a lot of stuff. If you get to the point of inspection, it is only a few minutes more to change it. IMO, it is not worth the risk to stretch the interval. It's often not terribly instructive to check the timing belt. It's possible to tell that the timing belt is about ready to fail because the teeth are starting to crack and strip off, but that means you'd need to have inspected it when failure is immediately imminent. It's entirely possible to check at every oil change, have the timing belt look fine, and then have it fail prior to the next scheduled oil change. Better to just replace it at the specified interval. -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.hyundai/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html
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