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From: Mark A on 3 Apr 2007 23:25
>> You did not say which engine is in your 1998 Camry. According to Gates
>> (see
>> http://www.gates.com/catalogs/file_display.cfm?file=auto_timingRecommend_05.pdf&thisPath=gates\catalogs )
>> , the 2.2L 4 cylinder in a 1998 Camry is NOT an interference eninge and
>> the V-6 (3.0L V6 -1MZ-FE) in a 1998 Camry is an interference engine.
>>
>> In my opinion, if you have the V-6 engine and the timining belts goes,
>> you will have significant problems (most likely one or more bent valves).
>> If you have a four cylinder engine, a broken timing belt will just result
>> in your engine being temporaily non-running. Now if the timing belt
>> breaks at an inconventient moment for either engine, bad things can
>> happen.
>>
>> Any particular reason why you just don't get it replaced now? Toyota
>> recommends replacing it at 90,000 mile intervals.
>>
>> Ed

I distinctly recall looking up this for a 98 Camry V6 (which is the car I
own) a few years ago on the Gates website, and it was listed as
non-interference. I don't know which is correct (the old or new website),
but I would suspect that new chart is wrong. Most cars that have
interference engines have timing chains, not belts.


From: "mjc13 NOSPAM>" "mjc13 on 3 Apr 2007 23:32
Mark A wrote:
>>>You did not say which engine is in your 1998 Camry. According to Gates
>>>(see
>>>http://www.gates.com/catalogs/file_display.cfm?file=auto_timingRecommend_05.pdf&thisPath=gates\catalogs )
>>>, the 2.2L 4 cylinder in a 1998 Camry is NOT an interference eninge and
>>>the V-6 (3.0L V6 -1MZ-FE) in a 1998 Camry is an interference engine.
>>>
>>>In my opinion, if you have the V-6 engine and the timining belts goes,
>>>you will have significant problems (most likely one or more bent valves).
>>>If you have a four cylinder engine, a broken timing belt will just result
>>>in your engine being temporaily non-running. Now if the timing belt
>>>breaks at an inconventient moment for either engine, bad things can
>>>happen.
>>>
>>>Any particular reason why you just don't get it replaced now? Toyota
>>>recommends replacing it at 90,000 mile intervals.
>>>
>>>Ed
>
>
> I distinctly recall looking up this for a 98 Camry V6 (which is the car I
> own) a few years ago on the Gates website, and it was listed as
> non-interference. I don't know which is correct (the old or new website),
> but I would suspect that new chart is wrong. Most cars that have
> interference engines have timing chains, not belts.
>
>
I don't believe that that's true. Honda has used belts on its
interference engines, as has Volvo. They aren't exactly reckless in
their engineering (although Volvo doesn't always think things out well)
so I doubt that they are alone.
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