Did they ever make a Sentra with a timing chain rather than a belt? Or is
it the other way around?

I have a 1997 Sentra and wondered if I needed to change the belt... And
whether the valves would hit the piston if it broke - interference engine...

4 cyl.

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"NissTech" <Haywood_Jablowme (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

I think I understand what you are saying... Mid 80's had a belt and
afterwards have a chain? Thus my 1997 has a chain?
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Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

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The very model Sentras had a timing belt ,mid 80's, E16 and E16I engines

after the switch to the GA series engines can about they used timing chains





"Joe" <faked-but-works (AT) yunx (DOT) com> wrote

Joe wrote:

"Speedy Pete" <speedythetrash.pete (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote


Sarcastically posted:
Re: Doesnt anyone read a manual anymore???? [nt]

Yes, some of us do... But when you buy a used car and don't have the
manual, and you want to get a jump on the maintenance schedule, you go to
the next best source and hope people are not so stupid to tell you the
answers that are obviously not going to help anyone.

I sure do miss the days when newsgroups were actually helpful and not full
of idiots posting sarcastic answers that really don't do any good
whatsoever...
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Joe wrote:
chain motors. They either have the 1.6 liter GA16DE motor or the 2.0
liter SR20DE motor, both with chains. Something like 95% of Sentras of
that generation (95-99, the B14 sentras as they are known amongst
enthusiasts) have the GA16DE.

CD

Thank you. Great info.
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"Speedy Pete" <speedythetrash.pete (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote

sentra's had a timing belt.The way to tell was by the engine type, if you
had a "E" series engine (E16, or E16I engine it had a timing belt , if it
had the GA series engine (GA16E or I) it had a chain.

When the B13 series sentra came out with the GA16DE engine and or the SR20DE
engine they were ALL timing chain engines.

since then ALL the engines have had a timing chain.


The 97 sentra you have has a timing chain, it needs no service unless poor
maintenence habits have been pracitced... i.e. not changing the oil