[davido]

anyone around the city looking for a good shop to replace my timing belt, I was quoted at the nissan dealer of around 340.00. I thought it was kind of high

 

[znamya]

anyone around the city looking for a good shop to replace my timing belt, I was quoted at the nissan dealer of around 340.00. I thought it was kind of high

Are you sure your car has a timing belt??

 

[chimmike]

too bad your car has a timing chain and not a belt buddy....

 

[davido]

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i figured it had a belt, when I went into the service area i said belt and he didn't correct me. oh well. so is 340 ok for doing the chain.

 

[xNISMOB14x]

NORMAN? ive been ther im going to SEMINOLE its like 30 min away to see my buddy in may.... i live in SO CAL... OK isnt all that bad i liked it i wish i could drive up ther to meet with any b14's out ther

 

[Matt93SE]

which car are you talking about?

the only service manual I have for the Quest is from a '96, and it's still using the VG30E engine- which does have a timing belt.

I'm not sure on the '98 though.

 

[Kindfiend]

i figured it had a belt, when I went into the service area i said belt and he didn't correct me. oh well. so is 340 ok for doing the chain.

Nah, all of the Nissan four-bangers are chain's. The tech didn't know about that either apparently.

$340 for a timing chain replacement would be great, if you could find someone to do it for that. Most likely, your looking at 1000-1400 for this kind of job. It is very involved, 20 hours bill time, something like that. There is good news though. The chain is good for a really long time, it's the tensioners that go out after about 100k. The upper tensioner is easy to replace, the lower is a PITA. Search around, there's plenty of info on replacing the tensioners.

 

[davido]

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yeah I went to a good mechanic and he said not to worry about the chain until it starts to rattle. my 85 720 had 200k before it started to make noise.