how many miles can you get on a timing belt

blakej · 09-24-2007, 11:36 PM

i know your supposed to change them every 100,000 miles or so but who got the most miles on one?

tracka96 · 09-25-2007, 12:47 AM

Dunno how many miles you can get, but if it's a 1.6 interference engine and the belt breaks, the pistons hit the valves and destroy things. bad-bad-bad. That's why they have to be changed before they break. Tracka96

jtgh · 09-25-2007, 01:16 PM

8valve is free running
100 kilometers FSM and OP guide say this.
60 k miles
60 months.

good belts last 100k miles but that depends on heat, and quality of the belt.
I hear of people snapping them at 128k miles.

its like asking how many miles on tires?
YMMV. (no pun)

blakej · 09-25-2007, 08:25 PM

i fully understand that they should be changed regularly but ive had 2 zuki's with over 200k with the oe timing belts still in em. my daughter drove one for 150k without changing anything--oil,belts,grease--nothing . ive heard the horror stories as well!

blakej · 09-25-2007, 08:33 PM

do they usually strip out a few cogs and mess up your timing or do they have a tendency to self destruct? i have a 16v tucked away on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and im a bit mechanical but ive never tackled a timing belt before and i havent been able to find a zuki mechanic yet.

jtgh · 09-25-2007, 08:53 PM

don't ask why , drink BUD Dry!

blakej · 09-25-2007, 09:07 PM

thanks jtgh-its an automatic. i change the atf every oil change cause it gets so dirty. ill try and find someone to give me a hand. are all the belts and pumps the same for american suzuki,japanese suzuki and cami auto?

jtgh · 09-25-2007, 09:16 PM

they are all different. belts.

send me a pm with good email link and Ill send you a small manual for 16v belt change.
it is 1 megabyte, small.

Much confusion exists on the procedure.
1- do belt
2- do belt with WP
3- do belt with WP - Cam seal & crank seal and all new hoses.
4- do belt , with WP and hoses ( what I just did)

The manuals will have you pull down to seal area, so change the
instructions to meet your needs.
I didn't need a cam holder or crank holder. to do mine,
I do not know about a 16valve head, however. Im looking that up now.

good day.