Timing belt change info

forjake · Jan 28, 2008, 07:48 AM

Cheers to all,

I think the time has come to change the timing belt.
I've got all the parts sitting on the shelf in the garage, but now is the time to put them to a good use, instead of just collecting dust.
Just wondering if anyone has the information on how to do it right or maybe even some scans from the manual. Wouldn't be my fist time belt change, but a fist one on the Mitsu.
I'm looking for something along the lines of order or removal and installation, and torque specifications, don't want to overtigthen anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

wickdaddy · Jan 28, 2008, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by forjake

Cheers to all,

I think the time has come to change the timing belt.
I've got all the parts sitting on the shelf in the garage, but now is the time to put them to a good use, instead of just collecting dust.
Just wondering if anyone has the information on how to do it right or maybe even some scans from the manual. Wouldn't be my fist time belt change, but a fist one on the Mitsu.
I'm looking for something along the lines of order or removal and installation, and torque specifications, don't want to overtigthen anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

what year is your oz? I'm guessing probably the 02-03 model and also, how many miles?

well, if you have the 02-03... here is the diagram.

forjake · Jan 28, 2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wickdaddy

what year is your oz? I'm guessing probably the 02-03 model and also, how many miles?

well, if you have the 02-03... here is the diagram.

Thanks

Yes, it's an '03, and right now I roughly have 83k, so it's overdue for a t-belt change.

wickdaddy · Jan 28, 2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by forjake

Thanks

Yes, it's an '03, and right now I roughly have 83k, so it's overdue for a t-belt change.

ya man, stop driving your car and change the belt asap.. my belt on my 02 went around 10-15k before yours!

I lucked out and didn't have any valve damage as my car was parked and running when some of the ribs gave out..

but there is not enough valve clearance to save your motor if your belt gives out. You will be stuck with bent valves and that's a lot worse than just replacing the timing belt.

SLVROZ_03 · Jan 28, 2008, 12:51 PM

When down there, make sure to clean the Crankshaft position sensor...you can make it out a little in that provided pic. But my car decided to randomly not start and that WAS the cause. Brake clean and a shop cloth made quick work of that while in there doing the T-belt change.

forjake · Jan 28, 2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SLVROZ_03

When down there, make sure to clean the Crankshaft position sensor...you can make it out a little in that provided pic. But my car decided to randomly not start and that WAS the cause. Brake clean and a shop cloth made quick work of that while in there doing the T-belt change.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll do that too since it will be all apart.

mcgarvey · Jan 30, 2008, 11:10 AM

Look down at the thread on this from a few weeks ago, I recently posted somewhat of a how-to on the whole procedure. I hope you have air tools for that crank pulley! If not, that will be the most difficult part.

mcgarvey · Jan 30, 2008, 11:12 AM

Nevermind, found it.

The time is up...60k miles.

Read the whole thread.

SLVROZ_03 · Jan 30, 2008, 12:40 PM

If you don't have air tools...like me, I took out the starter, wedged in a $3 pry bar in thorugh the open starter hole and the FW, then used a breaker bar. Cake really!

ear60008 · Mar 5, 2008, 10:27 AM

Anyone have pictures of doing the timing belt?

apexlancer02 · Mar 6, 2008, 04:14 PM

i did my timing belt at 70,000 and after another 5,000 had my water pump go. you may want to change that while its all apart. it's worth the additional expense.

frank boogie · Jul 16, 2008, 08:57 PM

i have to change my belt and do my turbo cam
hope it isn't too bad

JRR · Jul 17, 2008, 01:17 PM

i did mine at 103,000! still running the stock one. yes i know im bad for doing so but it still held up. i finally did mine when i had the money and time to do it and in a few weeks a turbo is going to bless my car, so thats the other major reason i did mine. little bit of work but worth it in the end. make sure you also pick up a new tensioner pulley as well since yur in there.

mcgarvey · Jul 17, 2008, 01:45 PM

Timing belts really don't ever snap unless the car is really abused or there's some other factor in play like uprated valve springs or something like that. Oil or coolant leaking into the timing cover can also contribute to failure. It is EXTREMELY rare for one to snap under normal use, at least under 120k miles. The most common mode of failure is the stripping of teeth-- this becomes common right around that mileage.

smartidiot2122 · Jul 21, 2008, 03:53 PM

okay i have 113k miles and i don't think it was every changed on mine, do i need to do this soon?