SAAB Closing

Harper · Dec 22, 2009

aliasaid said:
lotta opel drivers here... i have an opel too!!!! Opel Astra 1.8L 16V, just like the ones pictured but its a 4 door.

How often are you changing your timing belt?

aliasaid · Dec 22, 2009

every 40,000KM

Harper · Dec 23, 2009

aliasaid said:
every 40,000KM

OUCH! I would be changing my timing belt just about every year with your model. I can 60 000km on Astra.

philbar71 · Dec 23, 2009

Keyboard Cowboy said:
How often are you changing your timing belt?

Timing belts? Lol wut, no timing chain?

aliasaid · Dec 23, 2009

Keyboard Cowboy said:
OUCH! I would be changing my timing belt just about every year with your model. I can 60 000km on Astra.

what? are you saying i should change it every 60,000KM?

philbar71 said:
Timing belts? Lol wut, no timing chain?

unfortunately not

I thought they only did that with really old cars... as far as i know, most new cars have rubber belts!

Trotter · Dec 23, 2009

My '93 Escort has a timing belt on it.

philbar71 · Dec 25, 2009

Hmm, my old silverado 2500 had a timing chain on it. But that was a '97. I thought most cars made after 1990 had a chain.

Trotter · Dec 25, 2009

Small motors went to belts pretty early.