alphatarget1
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I broke the timing set in my first car. 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Of course that was one of the "hey lets see if we can use plastic timing gears and see if that will work car".
The belts are nice and quiet, quite frankly as long as you take care of it, its not really an issue.
GM recommends checking oil, coolant, and windshield wiper fluid level at every fuel fill up.
They're taking the head off this morning (that's being replaced for sure), and they're checking the pistons for damage...
Glad I spent the $1000 for CPO warranty.
lol german engineering.
Interference engine FTL. I was planning on replacing mine around 80K miles but it was replaced at 40K miles under warranty due to a squeal. Just hit 60K miles so I've got some time before I have to worry about it again.
Typical German I guess.
I seem to recall the 944 Turbo having a timing belt service interval of 30k miles or something like that. Gotta pay to play....and that's only a 944!
This.
Makes me wonder when the timing belt was last replaced on the wife's '96 Integra.. :hmm:
Might not be a good idea, to get a hot engine off the highway, and plop open the coolant chamber while refueling...
Also, oil is unlikely to have settled during such a short interval.
So, I'm not really convinced that this kind of advice is all that helpful.
They say to replace them at 90k intervals on the b18b1 and c series engines.
I really think timing belts are engineered just to make more money for dealerships. I think almost all new cars now use chains right?
that's because GM cars are crap. Duh.GM recommends checking oil, coolant, and windshield wiper fluid level at every fuel fill up.
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http://www.gmpartshouse.com/downloads/manuals/gto/2005gto.pdf
Also, the point of install an oil catch can is to catch oil that would otherwise going into the intake. The oil level inside the catch can needs to be checked because the can needs to be empty once in a while.
Shit happens, I agree, which is another reason to check things over instead of assuming things will always work fine.
I picked up my car last night, runs like a new car. Cost me ~500$ for the rollers/tensioners/waterpump/spark plugs/oil change/coolant flush.
VW paid for the cylinder head, timing belt and other parts needed for the job (gaskets, studs, etc.). They also replaced the downpipe & cat since there was a leak, and a faulty radiator fan. I signed the work order: $5282...
All 944s, not just the Turbo. 3 years or 30,000 miles, whichever comes first. And it's 12 hours book time on the job (for the Turbo, about half for the non-Turbo) because of all the crap in the way. The extra fun part though is that there are additional intervals for tension adjustment, one at 1,500 miles after belt replacement, and the other at 15,000 miles after belt replacement.
As far as "only" a 944 goes though, the Turbos were $40,000 cars in the mid 1980s. That's about $84,000 in today's money or, to put it in other terms, damn close to the equivalent cost of a 2013 BMW M5. No matter how much the used price has come down, you can't buy a car that played at that level in its day and expect it to be cheap to maintain. Too many people look at the cars and say, "Hey, $7,000 Porsche!" without thinking about the fact that it's still going to demand maintenance like an $85,000 exotic.
Oh well. If the kiddies keep destroying them, maybe mine will eventually be worth something as a collector car. (Hey, a man can dream.)
ZV