Originally posted by Hoppy:
....I can remeber growing up when all the old mans trucks (Datsun or Toyota) went to the grave with their original timing belts, and he wasnt easy on them by any means (me noether
)......and they all had 250-300,000 kms on them, or more.....I read all you guys saying how important it is to replace things as Nissan specifies but we also have to remeber that Nissan wants us to spend our money on OEM parts at their prices and use their technicians.Those vehicles you mentioned probably had timing chains! Even a good idea to change those as timing becomes more and more a hunt for the engine.
Timing belt replaced at 100,000 miles is about the norm for today's engines.