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MY WIFE has a 1998 Toyota Corolla RV Seca that has done only 36,000km and runs perfectly. Should the timing chain be changed due to the time?

Answered by CarsGuide

16 March 2007

Carsguide.com.au

NORMALLY the timing belt would be changed at 150,000km, but there's usually a time period specified as well as the distance. Your car would have exceeded the time limit, being nine years old. I would definitely change the belt.

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