Hey guys,
My girlfriends mom has an 05' Corolla, has around 103,000 miles.
One of the family members is a mechanic that does work on the car from time to time. He performed the 100K service; replaced oil/filter, radiator hoses, trans fluid and coolant.
Anyways; the car has been experiencing a "slow" start issue; sometimes 3-4 seconds to crank over. He told them that the timing chain was "loose" or something to that effect and they might think about replacing it in a while.
I'm no mechanic, I just thought this was odd. I'll surely have my mechanic look at it for a second opinion, but wanted opinions/thoughts on this. I checked online and the chain isn't as pricey as I assumed it would be, but I thought it was uncommon for a chain to need replacing at this mileage.
BTW, only issue is long start time. The car runs great and has had 5K OCI's w/ Dino and synthetic. Looks clean in the valve cover. The car gets 180 mile round trips 2-4 times a month.
Thanks in advance guys.
My girlfriends mom has an 05' Corolla, has around 103,000 miles.
One of the family members is a mechanic that does work on the car from time to time. He performed the 100K service; replaced oil/filter, radiator hoses, trans fluid and coolant.
Anyways; the car has been experiencing a "slow" start issue; sometimes 3-4 seconds to crank over. He told them that the timing chain was "loose" or something to that effect and they might think about replacing it in a while.
I'm no mechanic, I just thought this was odd. I'll surely have my mechanic look at it for a second opinion, but wanted opinions/thoughts on this. I checked online and the chain isn't as pricey as I assumed it would be, but I thought it was uncommon for a chain to need replacing at this mileage.
BTW, only issue is long start time. The car runs great and has had 5K OCI's w/ Dino and synthetic. Looks clean in the valve cover. The car gets 180 mile round trips 2-4 times a month.
Thanks in advance guys.