Hyundai should use timing chains

[sillylance]

I think it would make sense if hyundai use timing chains, it would be two advantages the great warranty and a dependibilty of a timing chain, hyundai would do greater on the market, the average american keeps a car for five to seven years, I would like to know if there are any timing chain engines in the work at hyundai, will the 3.3 liter new V6 for the sonata and santefe have a timing chain, will the 3.8 liter in sante fe use it, i know most hyundais passenger vehicles except the eqqus use timing belts. I will stand by my hyundai but i dont wanna keep more 2-3yrs so i dont have to worry about timing belt maintence, a chain would make wanna keep it a bit longer.

[hjr]

Accent uses a timing chain. I read next generation elantra(out in 06?) will have a timing chain, supposedly. I used to think timing chains were great, un til I had one slip on our 97 nissan 200sx( a "tooth" broke, chain clipped, and cost us a ton of moiney , timing out of what, affect starter, ignition coil, etc).

I hope they do Not go to a chain. our90 sentra was ok with chain, but for some odd reason, when we took it in, they checked it out, and and said it felt slower than speedo said, and they checked the speedo, and said it was 5mphj under, and claimed it was due to chain?( simialr thing happened to 200sx, but after the parts failures).

No wonder people used to give me dirty looks, I was driving 5 mph under speed limit!

Seesm Timing belts are more quiet(form wht I read) and more reliable.

Anyone?

[thejoyof6]

They both have pros and cons but i prefer belts in the long run. Now if hyundai would just use long life belts which are usually good for 105k or so.
Most belts are not to complicated to replace whereas chains involve lots of work.

And yes the theta will employ a timing chain but im not for sure on the lambda 3.3 or 3.8.

[hjr]

tjo6: hey, too bad about Theta gonna have chain
All my chains on both Nissans "slipped" when they got say over 60,000 miles, and lead to slower mph, and when that gear tooth chipped, and the cahin slipped 2-3 nothces(did not immediately affect the car), it messed up plugs, ignition coil, starter, over a few months!

The check engine light didn't come on until the very moment it refused to start.

It ran ok, but it was cold out, so rough starts we sort of "normal", i thought.

There's goes the Elantra, down the Sentra path?

[sillylance]

I Have looked at timing belt and chain applications, the major reason why timing-belt are good because they save money to manufacter and are cheaper to replace, the advantages of timing-chains they hardly need replacement they can go up to 200,000 miles before it will be replaced, timing chains may cost a bit more but you dont have to worry about it as much as a timing belt, the timing chains save customers over a lifetime of the vehicle about 500 bucks a timing belt job. In My opinion the timing-chain has more advantages than the timing belt.