timing belt

[The_cobalt_kid]

how hard are they to change on sun fires? 01ish year. buddies car. he's got ~90k on it, i remember hearing they break on those things about there....

[Maven]

2001ish Sunfires dont have timing belts.....2.2s are pushrod with cam in block and a short chain, 2.4s("quad4/twincam") are DOHC and have a long chain kinda like an ECO. No reason to do routine replacement on either one. youre looking at somewhere between 4-10hrs to replace either one depending on skill level and tool inventory.

[The_cobalt_kid]

hmmm..... interesting.... now i wonder why people were telling me to watch mine when i had my 01 cavi.... bastards

[billabong9687]

Because they are dumb haha, they can stretch, but it takes more than 90k, if I'm not mistaken, tensioners go out in higher mileage ln2s

[Speedline02VA]

My LD9 chain stretched in 50k miles... i didn't find out until i built my motor and put the old chain on and had so much slop...

[The_cobalt_kid]

interesting....

[TheSundownFire]

Itll make clicky noises before it breaks. In theory chains dont wear out.

If its an LD9 car watch the water pump because that is a whore and a half to change.

If its an LN2 just beat the everloving piss out of it. Youre golden.

[TheSundownFire]

Itll make clicky noises before it breaks. In theory chains dont wear out.

If its an LD9 car watch the water pump because that is a whore and a half to change.

If its an LN2 just beat the everloving piss out of it. Youre golden.

[The_cobalt_kid]

lol idk what it is. he just had his fuel pump die. gooood times, luckly i had to leave b/c it was at work w/o a ciphon and 3/4 tank of gas

[TheSundownFire]

Blah I dropped mine with 3/4 tank not that hard. Just gotta be a bad man :P

[The_cobalt_kid]

lol ya they had a 10ton floor jack... well like 6 of them but ya not an issue for them

[TheSundownFire]

Sounds like a regular cluster. Atleast J tanks go back up easily. Ive had some bad experiences with other cars.