OT: timing belts

[Jules Richardson]

On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 22:51 -0500, Joe R. wrote:
> At 03:34 PM 12/26/04 +0000, jpero wrote:
> >
> >Mitsu currently uses their quirky designs in later engines and more 
> >involved compared to others unlike Citroen is bit quirky.  V6 3.0L is 
> >one another quirky engine to work on.  Water pump driven by timing 
> >belt and to do this job repair, everything on front end of engine has 
> >to come off and have to replace water pipes to prevent coolant leaks 
> >because old ones is rusted.
> >
>    Tht explains a lot. My Diamonte uses that engine and everytime the
> mechanics work on the engine they want to change the water pump.

Most engines I've seen with belts have an idler / tensioner pulley that
can be slackened to change the belt though. Having said that a water
pump I believe is normally rated for around 60k miles or so, i.e. around
twice the belt change interval.

cheers

Jules