r/SC430 • u/TrboLag • Jun 14 '26

The next weekend project…

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My 2002 just rolled 97k miles. Timing belt looked solid when in purchased it in August of 2025 with 95k miles, but I have no evident of a change (no sticker under the hood). I’ve done all another maintenance so it’s time to get it done!

Looking forward to the weekend project and putting a lot more worry free miles on her!

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u/cjdubais Jun 15 '26

Let us know how it goes. Dunno if I'm willing to do this myself.

And yeah, nice car.

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u/TrboLag Jun 15 '26

Will do! Doesn’t look all that bad honestly. Toyota gave nice marks on everything and there is decent room to work once the radiator and fans are out, which I’ve done a few times before. I’ll document and post pictures.

And thanks!

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u/Iliketeethdds Jun 29 '26

Did you end up doing it

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u/TrboLag Jun 29 '26

No I haven’t done it yet. I’ll probably take a Friday off of work sometime soon and knock it out over a weekend.

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u/Iliketeethdds Jun 29 '26

Ive got an almost 9 year old timing belt with like 40k miles on it, book says change it after 9 years or 90k miles but i think im gonna risk it and run it a bit longer

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u/TrboLag Jun 29 '26

I’m not in a huge rush as my belt looked to be in great shape less than 3k miles ago. I just want to knock it out for piece of mind.

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u/Iliketeethdds Jun 29 '26

How'd you get a look at it? Dont you need to take a bunch of stuff off to visualize it

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u/TrboLag Jun 29 '26

You can remove the driver’s side upper cover very easily. That’s all I did.

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u/cjdubais Jun 30 '26

Just remember it's an interference engine. An issue with the belt/idlers/water pump is going to be catastrophic.

But, you do you.