Timing Belt Question

[grh1107]

kay recently I bought a 1994 v6 camry Xle with 200,000 miles on it. i want to go to pennslyvannia but its around 350 miles away. Ive done some work to the car but i didnt have a chance to get around to change the timing belt. according to the previous owner it was already changed but this is comming from a guy who had the wrong oil filter on his car. everything else seems fine. the ignition timing is alright and this seems to be the only way to check if the belts fine besides physically looking, and even if i did look i might not even be able to tell.

Do you think the car would break down?

Is there any other good way to the timing belt?

How can i check the cars service records?

[marc780]

Do you think the car would break down?

Id change the timing belt or at least check it, remove the top cover and look. If it looks ok you could put it off for a while but i'd say i'd do it within the next 50k since you dont know the history.

Is there any other good way to the timing belt?

Change it or get it changed? This post might help, its not exact but alot of the details are close.
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t160972.html


You can also download the factory manuals here.
http://oregonstate.edu/~tongt/camry/

How can i check the cars service records?

Probably can't unless you can get some receipts from the owner. Id assume nothing was done like coolant, transmission fluid and t-belt and just do them; and inspect everything else like the brakes.

[geoff5093]

When was it changed last? Most people change it around 100K miles, but they usually last a bit longer. Mine snapped around 130K.