I haven't had this car long and despite running amazing well & having signs of good upkeep, I was nervous about the unknown state of the TB. The seller owns an import shop and was selling it for an old customer which sounds good, BUT the AFM had a note written in touch up paint that said:
"TB 131007"
Not good as the non-working odo (at that time) read 159k and the Autocheck put 131k at around 2002. Still I had a hard time believing such a nice car could have a 10 yo TB.
So I ordered the full range of parts and planned to take some time since I was determined to do the front seals as well given the amount leakage around the timing covers. I started the tear down this weekend. My 1st peek at the TB after removing the cap, rotor and dust cover was encouraging. The belt looked reasonable, at least from the edge and I began to wonder if it had in fact been done and I was making much ado about nothing.
Then I saw the v belts. They also looked ok...until I read the date on them and they were all made in 4-5\02. I'm actually glad now that I know Im doing this for a good reason. When I finally exposed the TB it was a bit of a shocker. Not only did it show cracks between the teeth, but the edge was chewed up in a way I cant explain. On top of that, this belt is only 11\16 wide as compared to the new belt which is 15\16 !!
I feel vindicated for my refusal to step on the gas til this was done. I now realize I may have been 1 kick down away from a blown engine. The moral of this story is: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN YOUR TB WAS DONE, DO IT NOW...and dont drink and drive please :-)
"TB 131007"
Not good as the non-working odo (at that time) read 159k and the Autocheck put 131k at around 2002. Still I had a hard time believing such a nice car could have a 10 yo TB.
So I ordered the full range of parts and planned to take some time since I was determined to do the front seals as well given the amount leakage around the timing covers. I started the tear down this weekend. My 1st peek at the TB after removing the cap, rotor and dust cover was encouraging. The belt looked reasonable, at least from the edge and I began to wonder if it had in fact been done and I was making much ado about nothing.
Then I saw the v belts. They also looked ok...until I read the date on them and they were all made in 4-5\02. I'm actually glad now that I know Im doing this for a good reason. When I finally exposed the TB it was a bit of a shocker. Not only did it show cracks between the teeth, but the edge was chewed up in a way I cant explain. On top of that, this belt is only 11\16 wide as compared to the new belt which is 15\16 !!
I feel vindicated for my refusal to step on the gas til this was done. I now realize I may have been 1 kick down away from a blown engine. The moral of this story is: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN YOUR TB WAS DONE, DO IT NOW...and dont drink and drive please :-)
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