When should the timing belt be replaced for a Camry?

At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
Camry CE be changed?

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:15:06 -0400, Don wrote:
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> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
> Camry CE be changed?[/color]

Did the maintenance manual say? Do you have the maintenance manual?

I have found that most of the OEM belts last approx 110,000 miles. I know
this because mine broke at 110,000 and 220,000 miles. ;)

Luckily, Toyota makes non-interference engines...at least on the Twin Cams...

60,000 is the rule of thumb, 72,000 isn't unreasonable.

"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
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> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
> Camry CE be changed?
>[/color]

Go to this Toyota web site: [url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory recommend
maintenance items will come up.

The factory recommended interval for timing belt replacement is 90,000
miles.
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Ray O
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
<rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...[color=green]
>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>> Camry CE be changed?
>>[/color]
>
>Go to this Toyota web site: [url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory recommend
>maintenance items will come up.[/color]

Only works for model years 1997 and up....

SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL

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>
>The factory recommended interval for timing belt replacement is 90,000
>miles.[/color]

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Scott in Florida

'The Land of the Free Thanks to the Brave'

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>>
>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...[color=darkred]
>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>[/color]
>>
>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory recommend
>>maintenance items will come up.[/color]
>
> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>
> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>[/color]

For older cars, you have to use the older method....
Opening a book!
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:05:51 -0500, "Ray O"
<rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>news:jcu1f2t8nrbpn69bftuc4p11lroovcn4ed@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory recommend
>>>maintenance items will come up.[/color]
>>
>> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>>
>> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>>[/color]
>
>For older cars, you have to use the older method....
>Opening a book![/color]

LOL.... I do that....


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Scott in Florida

'The Land of the Free Thanks to the Brave'

[toyomoho]

My info for the 2000 Camry 2.2 is 90K miles. Source Gates timing belts.

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:cMZHg.35$ag4.34@trndny09...[color=blue]
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:15:06 -0400, Don wrote:
>[color=green]
>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>> Camry CE be changed?[/color]
>
> Did the maintenance manual say? Do you have the maintenance manual?
>
> I have found that most of the OEM belts last approx 110,000 miles. I know
> this because mine broke at 110,000 and 220,000 miles. ;)
>
> Luckily, Toyota makes non-interference engines...at least on the Twin
> Cams...
>
> 60,000 is the rule of thumb, 72,000 isn't unreasonable.
>
>[/color]

For my Geo Prizm it's 70K. I don't know how long mine had gone before I
changed it a few months ago, but the week I was going to change it, the
tensioner started going out and my car started running rough. The guy I had
bought the car from was supposedly a mechanic, I wish I had asked what
garage he worked at so I would know not to take my car there ever.

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:05:51 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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> "Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
> news:jcu1f2t8nrbpn69bftuc4p11lroovcn4ed@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory recommend
>>>maintenance items will come up.[/color]
>>
>> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>>
>> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>>[/color]
>
> For older cars, you have to use the older method....
> Opening a book![/color]

Open a WHAT!?!?! (Hachi, an electronics freak since age 5...)

"Moonbat" <Moon@bat.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:05:51 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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>>
>> "Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>> news:jcu1f2t8nrbpn69bftuc4p11lroovcn4ed@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
>>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory
>>>>recommend
>>>>maintenance items will come up.
>>>
>>> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>>>
>>> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>>>[/color]
>>
>> For older cars, you have to use the older method....
>> Opening a book![/color]
>
> Open a WHAT!?!?! (Hachi, an electronics freak since age 5...)[/color]

Oh, in that case, scan the relevant pages and load them in your PDA ;-)
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:33:25 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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> "Moonbat" <Moon@bat.org> wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.08.27.14.38.33.972544@bat.org...[color=green]
>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:05:51 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>>> news:jcu1f2t8nrbpn69bftuc4p11lroovcn4ed@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
>>>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>>>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>>>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>>>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory
>>>>>recommend
>>>>>maintenance items will come up.
>>>>
>>>> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>>>>
>>>> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>>>>
>>>
>>> For older cars, you have to use the older method....
>>> Opening a book![/color]
>>
>> Open a WHAT!?!?! (Hachi, an electronics freak since age 5...)[/color]
>
> Oh, in that case, scan the relevant pages and load them in your PDA ;-)[/color]


I keep the TSRM for the Supra on a 'thumb' drive... ;)

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:33:25 -0500, Ray O wrote:
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>>
>> "Moonbat" <Moon@bat.org> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2006.08.27.14.38.33.972544@bat.org...[color=darkred]
>>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:05:51 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:jcu1f2t8nrbpn69bftuc4p11lroovcn4ed@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:59 -0500, "Ray O"
>>>>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Don" <Don@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:44f00303$0$9417$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>>>>> At what mileage, or how often, should the timing belt for a 2000
>>>>>>> Camry CE be changed?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Go to this Toyota web site:
>>>>>>[url]http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/owners.php[/url]
>>>>>>and plug in the model year, model, and mileage, and the factory
>>>>>>recommend
>>>>>>maintenance items will come up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only works for model years 1997 and up....
>>>>>
>>>>> SOME of us keep our Toys a bit longer...LOL
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For older cars, you have to use the older method....
>>>> Opening a book!
>>>
>>> Open a WHAT!?!?! (Hachi, an electronics freak since age 5...)[/color]
>>
>> Oh, in that case, scan the relevant pages and load them in your PDA ;-)[/color]
>
>
> I keep the TSRM for the Supra on a 'thumb' drive... ;)[/color]

OK, you have me out-geeked!

I was reading an article in Auto Week about the 2007 LS 460. Of course, it
has laser cruise control, the first 8 speed automatic transmission,
electronic variable valve timing, as well as the usual list of features, and
with all the wizadry in the car, the first draft of the owner's manual was
700 pages! I'm waiting to see how long before an automaker offers the
owner's manual on the navigation/rear view camera screen or on one of those
new e-book readers.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)