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Does an 02 corolla ever need the timing chain looked at/serviced?

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  • 09-02-2012 6:34pm
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    batman1
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Just wondering if an 02 corolla ever needs the timing chain looked at. Toyota guy told me never, but who can trust them....?

    104k miles.


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    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    batman1 wrote: »
    Hi

    Just wondering if an 02 corolla ever needs the timing chain looked at. Toyota guy told me never, but who can trust them....?

    104k miles.


    Timing chains should last the life of the engine are aren't serviced or inspected but they can be effected by poor servicing/low oil/incorrect grade oil.


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    Avns1s
    Registered Users Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    Generally where an engine is serviced to schedule with the recommended oil, the timing chain will last the lifetime of the engine. Some reports suggest that certain Nissan Almera's go against the grain in this regard and chains 'stretch'.

    With your corolla, you should be ok. There is no servicing or inspection of a timing chain as Nissan Doctor said. If they are worn / tensioner faulty, you can hear a pronounced rattle.


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    PADRAIC.M
    Registered Users Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭PADRAIC.M


    batman1 wrote: »
    but who can trust them..
    When you say a Toyota guy what do you mean and why can't you trust them???


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    batman1
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭batman1


    When you say a Toyota guy what do you mean and why can't you trust them???

    Main dealer.

    Once told me clutch needed replacing. Didn't!

    Rust formed around rear washer hose hole when still in warranty. Fobbed off on that one!

    Told me needed a new stereo. A €600 new stereo. There was a coin in the CD player!

    Friedn bought a used car. 'One owner'. Actually 3.

    So no, I don't trust them...


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    KGking
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    chains can stretch over time regardless of servicing,iv done a few on toyota yaris,the car will usely run bad.


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