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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / August 2005Nissan Sentra 96 timing belt/chain?
I just got a used Nissan Centra 1996. My friend suggest me to check the timing belt that may need replacement. I brought to a mechanic he told that it has timeing chain! Which onr is correct? Chain or belt. In either case how do I know when to get it replace to safe the engine? When I got this car, the odo meter read 124939 miles and it is not working anymore. Looks like it stop since the beginning of this year 2005. The mechanic suggest to fix the odo meter in Nissan dealer cause only they can do it! What may be the cause odo meter stop working? And when to change the timing belt/chain? the '96 sentra was built with a GA16DE engine or a SR20DE engine, both of which have timing chains. no need to replace a timing chain unless severe symptoms occur. > I just got a used Nissan Centra 1996. My friend suggest me to check the > timing belt that may need replacement. I brought to a mechanic he told [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What may be the cause odo meter stop working? And when to change the > timing belt/chain? remember Odometer fraud is a crime punishable by 15 years in prison and 50K fine, fix odometer and add whatever miles it failed to count until now, ask Nissan dealership to add up at least 10K miles On 8/23/2005 11:24 PM US(ET), Marco Licetti took fingers to keys, and typed the following: >remember Odometer fraud is a crime punishable by 15 years in prison and 50K >fine, fix odometer and add whatever miles it failed to count until now, ask >Nissan dealership to add up at least 10K miles In NYS, that only applies to second-hand dealers. In any case, a broken odometer is not fraud.  SignatureBill Is the speedometer working? There might be a speedometer cable that also turns the odometer. If both are not working, start with that cable, if may worked itself loose from the back or the instrument panel. If cable is good and instrument panel is bad, you can buy a used one from salvage parts yard or try ebay. You have to check with your local DMV, but I think if odometer is changed, you need to notify the DMV and when sold notify buyer and also on the rego slip. Dear all, thanks for the reply. The speedometer is working normally. Only trip and odo meter doesn't show any activity. It seem this happen no long ago because in the widshield there is sticker for oil change due on mileage 127xxx and the odo meter just read 1249xx which mean it stop just 200 mile after oil change. Another information is the due oil change is March 2005. Since I bought this car it is already broken. I contacted the dealer but it is too far from my place and it is very costly too. Any suggestion how to fix them? Or is there any problem if I let it as it! Can I contact the dealer for this problem? I am not american and this is my first car so no much knowledge about law! <snip> > I am not american and this is my first car so no much knowledge about law! Many of us are not American. This is a world wide group - for example, I'm in the UK. I assume you mean the USA; I'd suggest you post your state, as I think laws vary between the states. Check the news groups. There may be one where you can get some legal advice - there are some for English law. Andy > I just got a used Nissan Centra 1996. My friend suggest me to check the > timing belt that may need replacement. I brought to a mechanic he told [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What may be the cause odo meter stop working? And when to change the > timing belt/chain? timing chain > I just got a used Nissan Centra 1996. My friend suggest me to check the > timing belt that may need replacement. I brought to a mechanic he told [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What may be the cause odo meter stop working? And when to change the > timing belt/chain? You just found yourself a good, honest mechanic. He could have ripped you off but chose not to. You should stick him for your car work now. CD On 8/27/2005 7:57 AM US(ET), Codifus took fingers to keys, and typed the following: >> I just got a used Nissan Centra 1996. My friend suggest me to check the >> timing belt that may need replacement. I brought to a mechanic he told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > CD Why should he "stick him", or do you mean "stick with him"? :-) SignatureBill > On 8/27/2005 7:57 AM US(ET), Codifus took fingers to keys, and typed the > following: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Why should he "stick him", or do you mean "stick with him"? :-) Ooops, my bad. Stick WITH him:) CD |
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