# Timing belt **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 12, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/19478 "2008-09-12T12:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bedrock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bedrock/32/868_2.png) [@bedrock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bedrock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/19478/1 "2008-09-12T12:34:18Z")
do a 1990-oldsmobile eighty eight,v-6 3.8 liter moter. have a timing belt or chain. ---
**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/19478/2 "2008-09-12T12:57:56Z")
Timing chain. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/19478/3 "2008-09-12T13:03:51Z")
I believe you have a chain. The Gates Automotive site doesn’t list a timing belt. Put your info into their “look up” and have a look. Here’s their link: [http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=2256&location\_id=3487&go=TBHome](http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=2256&location_id=3487&go=TBHome) ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/19478/4 "2008-09-12T18:17:21Z")
Have you had a problem of some sort or are you just trying to determine the necessity of specific maintenance?