Timing Belt

Can anyone give me the standard recommended mileage for a timing belt change
for a '92 SL1? Thanks!

 

No belt. Chain.

 

really...quite a surprise!

 

Do a group search on Google for Saturn SL1 timing chain belt. Lots of
relevant responses.

Ken

 

100,000 miles is the standard these days. My guess would be that the
chain on a '92 is the same.

 

....the chain typically lasts the life of the car. That's what?, 100k to
200k for most folks. And of course it depends on service and usage. It's a
no-scheduled-service item on the S-Series, which lends itself to the
promoting the S-Series plus of inexpensive to maintain.

Belts 'used to' have change intervals of about 60k (they're probably closer
to 100k these days) - the plus (to me) is that they're cheaper to change
than chains and quieter too.

 

...the chain typically lasts the life of the car. That's what?, 100k to

Thats what I say, as well as Saturn. But say that too loudly around here and
someone will correct you and say "it should be changed regardless"

If you're the anal type, change it as preventative maintenance. The rest of the
world shouldn't need to change it unless it starts making noise.

As always, YMMV.

 

Nah. I'd say change it only if it's making noise or it's convinient,
say, the heads are comming off and the car's got 200+k on it.

Yeah. I suppose someone can argue that it doesd stretch a bit with age,
but come on, it's a cam drive. I kill a primary drive chain on my
Harley about once a year, but making nearly 2X the HP over the origional
motor, plus frequent WFO dashes around town does that. The Saturn's
chain has it a lot easier, trust me. Oddly, the oil bath chain's
service life has been drastically shorter than the final drive belt,
which I got 40k out of mine, but only because I caught a rock in it,
which is fatal to them. I've heard of them lasting beyond 100K FWIW...

Anyway, mine's got 220K on my SC2 and it is still silent. I'm going to
change it when I get a valve job *only* because it's gonna have to come
off anyway.

Belts are another story. Hondas in particular have to be changed at the
right intervals or they can break and wreck everything. If the motor's
a non interference type (though I suspect most aren't anymore), then a
belt breakage is a non event - the motor just stops. If it's an
interference type, things break. I think Honda's up to 90k on their
cars.

 

Nah. I'd say change it only if it's making noise or it's convinient,

Thats exactly what I'm saying........I did mine when I rebuilt the engine(for
oil burning).....easy when its all apart.......and cheap....

Some time ago, my ex got an old escort beater. I knew it had a lot of miles on
it but I knew the engine was non interference so I figured no sense changing
the belt........
Well, sure enough, a couple months later, the belt stripped some teeth, and
there the car sat(and it was even in my driveway)......put a new belt on it and
it was good to go.......

 

Close. My '99 Civic Si is 105k / 84 mths. Lesser model Civics are now above
120k. I don't know about the current models.
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Mark
'99 Civic Si