Hello all, I'm new here. I guess my 2000 V6 Camry is getting a little
long in the tooth though, so I'll probably be in and out of here from
here on out.

I was reading another post about changing the timing belt and also doing
the water pump as well as some other things at the same time. My 2000
V6 is getting close to 60K miles and I'm thinking it's time to start
considering this. My question is, "Do I need any special tools?" to do
the work. I don't mind shelling out the $200 for good parts, but the
thought of paying a dealer $1000 is keeping me awake at night. ;-)
Anything special I need to know about cam/crank seal replacement?

Anything else I should fix while I'm in there...plugs...wires? Is my
engine an interference type?

BTW, I just had the check engine light come on for the first time. Code
P0135 was the culprit. Pulled the rear O2 sensor and verified open
circuit in heater wires. Shelled out $150 for a new sensor and put it
in. So far so good. :-) Probably should have bought the cheaper
sensor and just spliced and soldered the wires since the new one was too
long anyway.

Thanks for any advice

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:58:51 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"
<guess@nowhere.com> wrote:


I have a 2000 Avalon with 100K miles. I had a timing belt
replacement, new spark plugs, transmission and radiator flush and fill
and tire rotation done at the local Toyota dealer for under $750. The
price quotes ranged up to $1600. The dealer was cheaper than any of
the independents. They also inspected the car and said nothing else
needed doing. This was in overpriced California.

george wrote:


Firstly, thanks for the reply. But, that's still way to much money to
pay someone to do a job that I'm fairly sure I can do myself. I'm
greedy like that I suppose. My camry was covered by a warranty until
last month (naturally the O2 sensor died this month), so I haven't
purchased a service manual yet. I'm just curious if I need any special
tools (pullers or what have you) or advice/warnings/gotchas etc. to do
the timing belt and water pump replacements.

what the hell is your dealer charging you for labor in PA it is about 70
dollars per hour and
it is a four hour job/ so about 280 plus parts which ain't no 700 dollars/
"Anthony Fremont" <guess@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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See TN threads at the bottom of this page for info on timing belts.

Check the link below for service manuals:

http://oregonstate.edu/~tongt/camry


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