Timing chain need replace on 2009 Hyundai Elantra dealer says. How can the dealer no when the timing chain need replaced? The car has 180,000 miles and chain never has been replaced. How long can a timing chain last? Thanks

[image] Rob-816: How can the dealer no when the timing chain need replaced? The car has 180,000 miles and chain never has been replaced. How long can a timing chain last? :astonished: [image] Nevada_545: That vehicle has a timing belt, it should be replaced every 90,000 miles. +1 I t…

[image] Rob-816: The car has 180,000 miles and chain never has been replaced That’s how the dealer knows. You are pushing your luck.

Timing Belt has been replace and water pump replaced also.

It sounds like you may be confused about your vehicle. A car can have a timing belt OR a timing chain…it cannot have both. In this case, several people on here have verified that your car has a timing belt, and you’ve stated that this has already been replaced. When was it replaced (i.e., what milea…

The US Elantra has a 2L engine and uses a timing belt. There is a foreign version with a 1.6L, and that uses a timing chain.

That’s beside the point. OP originally said the dealer told them the timing chain needed to be replaced. Later they say the timing belt was replaced. The first statement would suggest the 1.6L engine, the second would suggest the 2.0L. Without further information, there’s no way to help the OP.

The timing belt was replaced yesterday, the OP no longer needs help.

[image] BikeGuy88: A car can have a timing belt OR a timing chain…it cannot have both Yes, a car CAN have both I had a Mazda with a timing belt from the crankshaft to one of the camshafts. Then there was a chain from one camshaft to the other There was at least 1 GM V-6 which also had bot…

2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring - Timing chain

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Nevada_545 July 17, 2020, 11:40pm 2

That vehicle has a timing belt, it should be replaced every 90,000 miles.

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