When did you change the TIMING BELT on your 3.4's

Toyota says, on the later 3.4's, you should change them at 90k miles.

I've read where some have gone as far as 140k+ miles before changing them. I wouldn't trust a belt that far.

I bought a 2.7 4 cy. just so I wouldn't have a belt to change. Usually a chain will have to be changed at 150-200k miles.

I drive alot of highway miles and don't drive it hard so maybe I should have gotten a 3.4 and let it go to 140k miles.

Waiting on your opinions.

Great site.

 

149k on 97 taco

 

I'm going to change my belt & H2O pump @ 100k when I get there...

 

On my 96.....I had the dealer change the timing belt when I bought it (as part of the sales agreement). At that time, the recommended interval was 60K miles and the truck had 60K miles on it when I bought it.

At 85K miles - I changed the water pump. It was leaking.

If you haven't changed the timing belt or water pump yet...chances are, the water pump will start leaking LONG before 140K miles and maybe even leak before 90K miles (like mine did). While you're in there doing a water pump change, you should change the timing belt also.

 

156,000.

 

The timing belt on my 98 was never changed untill the water pump went out around 225K miles probably back in 2005 or 06. It was changed again around 310K when one of the idler bearings for the timing belt started squeeling.

 

how many miles are on your truck?

Edit: I see on your cardomain that it has over 330k. Thats pretty awesome.

 

just changed my original tb at 212,000, wp had been leaking for some time but the belt "looked" OK.

 

i changed mine at 65k.....just a month or so ago. went ahead and did the tb and water pump since the water pump was leaking.

 

I did mine at 75,000 and 150,000. Truck was condemned at 175,000. Rusted frame.

 

Same here ^^^^ Just did it this past weekend. Figured if I was taking off all the belts to get the the H2O pump, might as well replace them.

 

Changed at 95k, before I got the truck, now has 134k.

 

Back when we had our 1st gen, we did it around 75k cause the water pump was leaking bad and we were going to take the belts off anyway...

 

ive only got 70000 miles on mine so i still got a while before i need to change the tb i guess but how hard is it to change anyway?

 

it aint too bad,especially if you have the tools and such. on mine and tigerfans.....took 4 hours both times.

 

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mine changed at 90k right before i bought the truck

 

I know im not a v6 but I changed mine when it broke

 

got mine changed at 105K