Timing Chain Question

#1

How often to replace in a 2.4L 2000 Tacoma? Every 120,000
miles?...sooner?

#2

"Your Name Here" <GUBI (AT) desert (DOT) net> wrote

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How often to replace in a 2.4L 2000 Tacoma? Every 120,000
miles?...sooner?

Check with the manufacturer's recommendation. You may be able to hear the
clapping of broken links before it gives out entirely. On the other hand it
may fail with no warning.

The 2.4L is a distructive engine. Meaning if the timing chain fails it will
take out the valves and damage the cylinders. So the frequency of failure
will increase with time even though it may be initially low. However the
critically of the event is huge.

#3

"Wolfgang" <NOwolfXgang_dieterxSPAM (AT) NOXcox (DOT) netNOT> wrote

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Daughter has a '90 22RE I told her last year at around 140k to have the
timing chain replaced --- it went a week before Christmas with 167k. It
didn't break but it did eat a big slot in the aluminum timing belt housing
letting coolant mix with the oil. So $100 in parts became $300! Its a
long tedious job to replace!

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How often to replace in a 2.4L 2000 Tacoma? Every 120,000
miles?...sooner?

I think it cost me about $1300 to replace.

#4

I have changed mine twice already (have 250,000). Each time at 120,000
miles. And both times the chain, sprockets were in very good shape.
Even the plastic guides showed very little wear.

Your Name Here wrote:

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How often to replace in a 2.4L 2000 Tacoma? Every 120,000
miles?...sooner?

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