I have 200,000 km or 125,000 miles on my 98 Camry. It's a V6 and is
made in Japan.

I have NEVER changed timing belt on it.

The water pump was changed under warranty at 52,000km.

Should I change both the water pump and timing belt now. In toyota
maintenance schedule there is is no mention of changing timing belt or
water pump except under severe running condtions.What should I do.

If I keep driving and the belt breaks is it going to cause any damage
to the engine.

Also I have drained transmission oil every 48,000 km. I never dropped
the pan though to clean the filter and magnets. Should I do that now
and should I also drain differential fluid.The differential fluid was
never drained. Also what kind of fluid is used in differential in this
camry.

Also at this milage what knid of high mileage engine oil you suggest
to use.I use castrol 5W30.

Your help will be highly appreciated.

"nad" <mohammadnadeem786 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

According to the Gates Guide ( http://tinyurl.com/7jrbx ) your Camry
has an interference engine. I would guess that the dealer replaced the
timing belt when they replaced the water pump (in my opinion they
should have). The Gates guide say that the timing belt should be
replaced every 90,000 miles. According to the Toyota maintenance
schedule, 90,000 miles is the replacement interval if the car is
subjected to "Extensive Idling or Low-Speed Driving for Long
Distances." The on-line maintenace schedule does not specify a routine
replacement interval, but it also doesn't go past 120,000 miles. If
the dealer replaced the timing belt when the water pump was replaced,
then you are well within the recommended severe service replacement
interval. If they did not replace the belt at that time, you are past
the severve service replacement interval. If it was my car, I'd have
it replaced as soon as it was convenient. Having the belt fail can be
catastrophic.

If it breaks, it is likely there will be engine damage.

Good questions for your dealer. It it was my car, I'd buy the fluids
at the Toyota dealer. You might want to look over the information
available at http://tinyurl.com/ywaztz .

If the car is running well, why change brands?

Ed

On Apr 30, 12:23 pm, "C. E. White" <cewhi... (AT) removemindspring (DOT) com>
wrote:
cut a hole in cover.
get a good look at timing belt.
my 99 v6 camry has 160 k miles
wife's 99 v6 camry had 120 k miles
bought both new
let the force be with you

I think it is. Because the old catalog says it's non-interference. I
think 1MZFE only went interference in the post-2002 generation where
it also got VVT. The catalog was from some out sourced company that
supplied the data.


On May 1, 6:01 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi... (AT) removemindspring (DOT) com>
wrote:

<johngdole (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

The 99 Camry 6 cyl. is_non-interference. Period.

That's what I thought for a 3.0L engine that produces only ~195
HP.

On May 14, 3:16 am, "sharx35" <shar... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: