Mitsubishi: timing belt

A lot depends on teh car.

Most Mitsubishi products that I've owned recommend 60k miles, though in
Canada, they OK it for 90k (Not sure why the difference. I had a Dodge
Intrepid that said 105K miles.

Trouble is that most Mitsubishi engines are "interference", meaning that if
it breaks, the valves hit the piston tops...Big bucks to repair. We bought
a 1990 Talon that had the belt broken (about $1000 for the car, 8 or so
years ago) and we put a rebuilt head on it for $500 (you can't get them from
salvage yards, they're sold almost immediately) and spent another $200 in
parts. That was doing the labor myself. We then repainted and got the car
working real well, until a deer hit it and totaled out the car.

Mike


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Well I just did my sons car. Depending on the miles, you might want to
change the tension pulleys on both the balance shaft and cam shaft belts.
You didn't mention the balance shaft belt, but I'd do that too while your
at it.

Take a good look at the crank pulley and make sure it's not splitting.

My sons car had 120k on both belts, and they looked great when I replaced
them. They where after market Dayco belts.

"nirodac1" wrote: 

Thanks yall,

Got it done this weekend!

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