In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 4 Dec 2017 21:14:28 +0000 (UTC), harry
newton wrote:

He who is said on Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:11:14 -0500:

Does the 2005 Camry have a timing belt? Or chain?


.. depends on the engine that's in the car :

http://yourcarangel.com/2012/06/toyo...nd-chain-list/

http://yourcarangel.com/2014/07/inte...complete-list/

John T.

Thanks for that info as it's not my car.
This one is the 4 cylinder 2005 camry which, woo hoo, comes with a chain.

The neighbor is a good friend, but I don't think ANYONE is that good of a
friend to suffer through an idiotic belt replacement every 100K miles.

Is the kid helping you with the speaker issue? IIUC, he's just a 4th
century Greek sculptor scholar, not the actual sculptor, so he doesn't
have to protect his hands that much.

Three things I'll never own and never have:
a. FWD

I don't want FWD either, but the only convertibles I like come with it.

b. Timing belt

That's one of the disappointments of the new car. The 2000 Toyota
Solara had a 3.0L non-interference engine, but for some silly reason
they switched to a 3.3L *interference* engine in 2005. Believe you me,
I'd rather have 0.3L less. The only good part is that using
mycarfax.com I found that the previous owner replaced the belt and the
water pump only 40,000 miles ago. So I should be good for another
40,000 miles.

c. Automatic

I like automatic. I don't know what the 2005 Camry has, but this car
has a 5-speed auto, but instead of having Low, 2, 3, 4, they have one
other position where the shift lever will go down to down shift and up
to up shift, and 80% of the time I didn't take the Interstate to florida
or back and on some of the smaller roads the shift mechanism worked very
well for passing, which I did 3 or 4 times.

I've driven a stick for 4 or 5 days at a time, and that was fine, but
I'd be worn out if it was always.