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Post by joemits on Oct 13, 2014 22:48:00 GMT -5
My 2000MS manual says to replace the timing belt every 60,000 miles. I have replaced it twice already as a precautionary as I now have 175,000 miles, with a 3rd replacement coming up soon. I just hate spending all this money for something that isn't broke. I do know when or if it brakes, it could be loss of an engine. What is the most miles you have driven without replacing the timing belt? Just curious.
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Post by chrisho on Oct 13, 2014 22:58:08 GMT -5
Not saying do or don't. Took my car in today for other problems then timing belt. Repair people tell me I have original timing belt! and I have 235K on Montero.
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Post by ES_97Sport on Oct 14, 2014 13:57:11 GMT -5
My 2000MS manual says to replace the timing belt every 60,000 miles. I have replaced it twice already as a precautionary as I now have 175,000 miles, with a 3rd replacement coming up soon. I just hate spending all this money for something that isn't broke. I do know when or if it brakes, it could be loss of an engine. What is the most miles you have driven without replacing the timing belt? Just curious. I change mine every 80K. I'm not endorsing this or telling you this is OK. Its what I do. There is no 'could'. A timing belt on an interference engine IS NOT something to cheap out on! If the belt goes kiss your heads good bye and probably a couple other things as well. If you loose a belt it WILL cost several thousand dollars to fix. Bite the bullet and do your maintenance. The alternative is not somewhere you want to go. Edward
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Post by youngblood on Oct 15, 2014 9:42:40 GMT -5
When I bought my MS 3.0 last year in August with 146k on it and, I had no records of info on it at all other than oil change and new shocks so I had everything related to the timing belt replaced at 147K and it was the original belt totally freaked me out it lasted that long. Do the scheduled mitsu maintenance you will not regret it. Now my MS could have had it changed out at some period of time before I bought it I didn't know and wasn't going to take a chance.
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Post by ES_97Sport on Oct 15, 2014 14:03:10 GMT -5
When I bought my MS 3.0 last year in August with 146k on it and, I had no records .... A guy came in with his Eclipse on a flat bed when I was in the dealership a few months ago. It had like 150-170K on it. Don't know if the belt had ever been changed. The car was in great shape - looked like brand new, but the belt went. Trashed the engine. It was going to cost him about $3000 to fix it. Trashed both heads and I think put a valve though a piston in the process. The guy looked like someone had just shot his wife, dog, truck and burned down his house all at the same time. Young guy that obviously didn't have $3K to just blow for the hell of it. I felt sorry for him but this isn't the first time I've seen it. Edward
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Post by jkdv8 on Oct 15, 2014 19:43:56 GMT -5
Been doing it at 70K. Probably could push it to 90-100 after reading this.
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Post by chrisho on Oct 15, 2014 21:34:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. Once I get more cash and pay my cats off, I will look into a timing belt. Do you have a rough estimate of parts/labor I should get at a shop?
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Post by jay4x4 on Oct 15, 2014 23:18:59 GMT -5
Make sure the shop used quality parts too. I did a Tb change on my old car (Audi A4 with 1.8T) guess I got a bad hydraulic tensioner because gave slack and let belt slip away and destroy the engine within 8k miles. Swapped motors and I was fine tho =) lol
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Post by ES_97Sport on Oct 16, 2014 15:29:02 GMT -5
Make sure the shop used quality parts too. I did a Tb change on my old car (Audi A4 with 1.8T) guess I got a bad hydraulic tensioner because gave slack and let belt slip away and destroy the engine within 8k miles. Swapped motors and I was fine tho =) lol +1 It took $4K to get everything that was "repaired" by an import shop the PO was using for my little '97 LS re-done. And they were actually supposed to know how to work on Mitsus. Everything they'd ever touched had to be redone including a brand new clutch. Which is why if you can find a good Mitsu dealership with good, knowledgeable techs I wouldn't take a Mitsu anywhere else. You don't take a Mercedes to the duffus down the street that works on Hondas .... Edward
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Post by tirill on Nov 23, 2014 1:31:39 GMT -5
I took my first belt to 80.000 and now my second belt is rapidly reaching this number as well. I am really not sure how to do now....dangerous to invest too muchmoney n a 15 year old car...
But remeber there is also an time factor to cunt with, Many outboard motors etc say 5 years maximum, but that sounds low to me. In sweden it costs 1000$+ to change the timing belt.
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Post by mrgalantguy on Nov 23, 2014 9:59:41 GMT -5
Its is recommended to replace the timing belt and associated parts every 60k, This is a precautionary suggestion from Mitsubishi since there is countless factors that could affect the life of a timing belt and associated parts. There have been many including myself that have had a Mitsubishi timing belt last beyond 100k but for the sake of peace of mind future potential expensive failure in the future I would do the timing belt change at or close to the recommended 60k Mitsu recommends.
Usually if you can do it yourself its a average of $200-$300 in parts (Timing belt, hydraulic tension, tensioner pulley, idler pulley, water pump, gaskets, and oil/coolant seals). This would be a good time to replace VC gaskets and spark plug ring gaskets, and drive belts too while you have things torn down. If you have it done at the dealer or reputable shop...you are looking a total of a average of $700 and can usually knock out a job like this in a day if they dont run into other issues. If you want to save some money from buying the OEM Mitsu parts...I would recommend Gates timing belt kit which usually includes the TB, pulleys, gaskets, and water pump or some type of combination without the water pump.
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Post by 2003LimitedAWD on Oct 7, 2018 13:57:07 GMT -5
Sorry to reply to a 4-year old thread, but I just wanted to share some info about the timing belt in my 03 Montero Sport. I bought it a couple months ago with the intention of slowly fixing the engine issues (blown head gaskets, water leaks, etc) and I've just reached the point where it's disassembled enough to fully see the timing belt area. At 255K miles, mine may be in the running for the longest lasting original timing belt: Looks pretty bad, but no teeth broken off yet. Thankfully, the previous owner stopped driving the vehicle after the water leak got too bad or else this belt would have snapped soon.
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Post by dclambertt on Oct 9, 2018 18:10:39 GMT -5
Yikes!
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Post by r0llinlacs on Oct 15, 2018 11:17:55 GMT -5
Wow phenomenal. And reassuring because I'm pretty sure mine is original as well. Speedo stopped working so I'd guess mine is around 230k. Around 210k I had it torn down to replace some seals so I got a good gander at the belt and it looked very similar to that one. Impressive OE quality. I've seen belts fail under 80k so that is just amazing. Thanks for the share!
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Post by jkdv8 on Oct 22, 2018 20:26:23 GMT -5
Yea that's crazy. Pushing the boundaries however isn't recommend as there are so many factors that would play a role in belt deterioration. Driving style, climate, overheating, valve train health (from cam or cover leaks), water pump, water leaks, oil leaks... The little window on the top of the passenger valve cover is quite useful to keep an eye on them.
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