2006-2012 Hyundai Elantra / Elantra touring 2008-2011 Kia Soul Timing Belt replacement (2.0 BETA 2)

This video will take you step by step along the process of replacing your 2006-2010 hyundai elantra, and up to 2012 elantra touring timing belt. This video will also work for many other hyundai/kia vehicles equipped with the 2.0 liter Beta 2 engine including but not limited to 2001-2008 Hyundai tiburon, 2004-2009 Tucson, 2008-2011 Kia soul, and 2004-2010 Kia Sportage
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[@davewettlaufer7885]

As a truck mechanic, I hate working on this little stuff, thanks for giving me a refresher and, 'a very well-put-together video'. 👍

[@alozborne]

Thanks for creating this video, super helpful for a DIYer as I have changed a timing belt before, but that was on an older car (Chevy Sprint) so it's been awhile and every car is slightly different. You've given me the confidence to get this done!

[@SEsGarage]

So glad I could help!

[@stevenjeanson8889]

Great video. Appreciate all of the details. Just used it to change the timing belt on my 2012 Elantra Touring. I do have the factory service manual and a Haynes manual and it seemed like a challenge but your video made it all clear and took the fear away. Thanks for taking the time to post this!

[@SEsGarage]

Funny I just got done rebuilding a 2011 Elantra Touring that had the timing belt break and damage the head! You should check it out

[@codywichman213]

The straw trick is a lifesaver..thanks for throwing that into the video

[@garymallard4699]

Thanks...I just did our Alternator and was thinking the Timing belt should be replaced... Very Helpful...👍 🇨🇦🤓🤙

[@curiosity2314]

Nice work and I enjoyed the clear and on point views.

[@wendyvic4046]

Very good tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Much appreciated.

[@SEsGarage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@irisbaez1972]

Note for people: needle of the tensioner doesn't stay in the window when you initially set it, it will move tighter when the car starts running.

[@TommyG11814]

Good work,,,, those were great engines.

[@albertharvey3477]

BINGO That's what I was looking for. Thanx Albert Harvey Rotary Engines

[@Hbn182]

Hahaha I figured out that straw trick before I seen this video, thanks for the heads up🔧🙏🏽

[@999torino]

Very nice job explaining, thank you.

[@YIPPIEIMWINNING]

Great job....well explained and very well visually. Thanks

[@SEsGarage]

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[@josecandelaria6482]

Thanks great tutorial help me a lot

[@MduduziNgwenya-jb3bv]

Thank you man👍👍

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

Amazing vid -- thanks for all the detail!

[@SEsGarage]

Glad you liked it!

[@user-pl6mz6wf4m]

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[@dieseltech139]

Thank you👍

[@jaimesantiago1751]

Like the way you explain.👍

[@SEsGarage]

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[@jaimesantiago1751]

@@SEsGarage I did today.Sorry I forgot.

[@autodriveforce0450]

Good job

[@megadiaz939]

Bro, good video!👍🏻

[@NRASUPPORTER1911]

How tight should I tighten my drive belts on my 2010 Elantra I’m worried I have them to tight but if I loosen them where they will twist 90 degree they squeak some on cold start also the belts are new and the tensioner pulley

[@Wazambaby]

Thank you man the key is in setting the tensioner

[@SEsGarage]

I hope I made it easy for you!

[@AndrewMoizer]

@@SEsGarage Appreciate this part ... was unclear from another video I watched. Yours is great, many thanks. About to do this seeing as how I think the water pump needs doing.

[@johnjennings9385]

excellent video of the relevant & important - thank you

[@USSHammerology]

Noyce! 😊

[@mounirhaddag8046]

Thank you for taking the time to share this very informative and detailed video. I have the same car 3rd hand owner and I'm right now at 123 000 km and the time belt has never been changed. Wondering at which kilometres (mileage) it is to be changed? Knowing that I leave in Ottawa (cold a snowy weather). Thank you.

[@irisbaez1972]

Do it right now. don't wait any longer.

[@Ashroyer86]

Is the crank timed or is is right at tdc for these motors?

[@mdog2143]

Unfortunately my timing belt broke so I'm not sure how to properly set the timing. I don't know if it's safe to rotate the the crank shaft and the cam shaft independently to line up the marks. Any help would be appreciated. Great video btw very detailed and so far the best one out there

[@curiosity2314]

You can view the service manual at the Hyundai site to get guidance, they provide the online manual free of charge.

[@khadan8433]

You can rotate them independently but you must make sure crank shaft is NOT at TDC when you are trying to get camshaft at TDC. Reason for this is because the camshaft valves have a spring resistance, and it can spring the cam backward or too much forward and hit the top of the piston. By not having crank shaft at tdc, your piston is at its lower than max elevation with respect to the ground. That means you are free to rotate cam however you like and it won’t hit the top of the piston as it goes through the cycles. In short, make sure the crankshaft is at the bottom or BDC, rotate camshaft to TDC, rotate crank/pistons to tdc, put on timing belt. Best of luck!

[@mdog2143]

@@khadan8433 Thank you that is helpful

[@irisbaez1972]

@@khadan8433 sorry, but I did not understand a thing.

[@khadan8433]

@@irisbaez1972 hi iris, rotate your crankshaft CW until the marks are NOT aligned (crank shaft is now not at TDC, if the marks are already not aligned, you are free to move onto next step). Rotates your camshaft to align with its TDC mark. Rotate crank shaft again to its TDC mark because you just rotated it out of TDC in the 1st step. Put on/loop your timing belt. Pull the tensioner. Done. If you don’t know what TDC for crankshaft and camshaft looks like, please Google it because it’s difficult for me to explain what it looks like through text. All the best!

[@mariotortolero9236]

hi man good video. One quesstion how can u tell if you need to change the timing belt because the old one looks ok. I bought an old car elantra 2009 they put a sticker on the engine but they didnt write any date or anything.. ( 220.000 km on the car )

[@irisbaez1972]

Who put the sticker? ask them. or just replace it.

[@LynxStarAuto]

What about the rear chain? I wouldn't feel it's an appropriate timing job without doing the rear chain and tensioner. I also like to change both upper and lower front seals.

[@SEsGarage]

There is no “service interval” for the rear chain. I’ve also never seen a front crank seal or cam seal leak on one of these

[@NRASUPPORTER1911]

How many miles did the Elantra have? Thank you mine has 300,000 miles and still runs great I’m just worried the belt could break any time

[@SEsGarage]

If you have 300k on the original belt you should change it ASAP. The recommended mileage is around 60-90k

[@palsnewfoundlandchannel3589]

I’m at 160,000 miles should I change it?

[@SEsGarage]

@@palsnewfoundlandchannel3589 yes absolutely. Should it break your pistons will hit the valves and ruin the cylinder head

[@phillipminor2690]

My water pump is making a weird noise. I thought was the belt and remove then tight again, but still making it. When I push gas noise goes away, when I stop or an idling it make the noise. I used a stetoscope and I hear the noise by the water pump bearing, but the car is not getting hot. Everything is working fine.

[@AndrewMoizer]

@phillipminor2690 Did you change your water pump and did it fix the noise. I'm pretty sure I'm in the same boat.

[@FreeAgentsSkates]

This is a great video but the biggest problem I have is you completely skipped over putting back on the water pump pulley with zero hand room. It's not near as easy to put it back on as it was to get off

[@SEsGarage]

That’s the problem in itself. Even if I was recording you really wouldn’t be able to see what my hands are doing 😂

[@sergeyid6319]

👍💪🙏🏻

[@osamawaer]

I have the same engine and the belt failed, does it bend the valves?

[@SEsGarage]

Yes

[@freddytech01]

Nice video , I have the same car . Should I get an Aisin water pump or Hyundai OEM .

[@SEsGarage]

Aisin products are phenomenal. I’d run any of their products in a heartbeat. In fact, they produce many of Toyota OE parts

[@freddytech01]

@@SEsGarage Is this timing belt job easy to do for a first timer .

[@SEsGarage]

@@freddytech01 the hardest part for you will probably be setting valve timing. As long as none of your sprockets move and you keep all the slack on the tensioner side of the belt you shouldn’t have any issues. With that being said, these are interference engines so if you do mess timing up you can cause catastrophic damage to the engine so just be careful

[@freddytech01]

@@SEsGarage awesome , thx !

[@SEsGarage]

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[@genehutson6865]

I did all of this per service information and now I have a check engine light on for a cam sensor? I torqued, adjusted and checked everything per Mitchell pro demand. I have no clue why it’s doing that….

[@SEsGarage]

You probably got timing marks off

[@genehutson6865]

@@SEsGarage I triple check the timing marks.

[@SEsGarage]

@@genehutson6865 what is the code? Is it a cam correlation code or range/performance?

[@genehutson6865]

@@SEsGarage it is a cam correlation code along with another code for the low oil pressure oil control valve code. I’m wondering if that’s setting off the correlation code p0018

[@SEsGarage]

@@genehutson6865 it very well could be. However, with a correlation code I’d really take a hard look at those timing marks. P0018 would usually be accompanied with a cam timing over advance code. Make sure you have the timing marks dead on, and make sure you have the timing belt installed correctly, they are directional

[@Wazambaby]

Bro how to get tensioner arrow to stay still we believe this is what causing stalling

[@SEsGarage]

Once you tighten the jam nut down it should stay

[@ChitoWorld]

Man I wonder if the noise was the compressor belt? My makes a little noise when I hit the gas I got the same car 178k miles

[@SEsGarage]

Usually the alternator belt is the culprit when the belts squeal. Notorious for it actually. When I set the tension on the accessory belts I always go a bit tight on that one for just that reason

[@ChitoWorld]

@@SEsGarage ok imma check mines . Maybe the alternator belt expanded a little bit with the cold weather I hate taking it to Hyundai dealer they always fuck shit up the strip my oil pan threads. I’ve been taking my car lately too fast oil change drive-through and that Oil turns black so fast it’s just sucks because the only Jack I have is the one that comes in the trunk. I’m so lazy to get dirty n change the oil n check the belts .

[@ChitoWorld]

@@SEsGarage yeah I also went a little bit extra tight on the ac belt.

[@GHeath-qd7zb]

When the car is 180 out the sight hole on the camp shaft sprocket with be down.

[@SEsGarage]

Correct

[@mauricesummers7284]

Who know how to work on Kia Rio 2008

[@Matt-yj1lz]

Took my elantra I just bought for an oil change to find out it has a timing belt and not a chain belt. Apparently if they break it will destroy the engine wtf

[@SEsGarage]

Yea this is correct. I believe they switched over in 2011 for the regular elantra and 2013 for the elantra GT

[@joealexander6226]

You don’t show the bottom timing mark good

[@SEsGarage]

sorry about that. its super simple to line up

[@jaimesantiago1751]

Is in-between two teeth mark with a white circle

[@rickyamos2928]

So on an 08 year if the belt breaks or strips out what’s the likely hood of having valve problems?

[@stephanM5]

Why automobile manufacturers are still using timing belts is absolutely ridiculous. You have this cheap synthetic rubber material that is prone to premature wear and tear that is responsible for the timing of the valves opening at the right time in concert with the pistons coming to top dead center that if it breaks will cause the pistons to crash into the valves and destroy an engine. For the small additional cost of a timing chain instead of a belt you would never have to worry about a cheap belt letting go and having to buy a new engine that would cost thousands of dollars to repair. An engine where the piston can possibly strike the valves due to a timing belt failure is known as interference engine. When the piston cannot hit the valves regardless of timing belt failure is known as a non-interference engine.