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March 6th 06, 03:14 PM
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95 Dodge Intrepid -- water pump repair, do I need to change the timing belt too?
The water pump on my intrepid with 150K miles just failed last weekend.
Since it was a Satureday, I had it towed to a Monro Speedy shop instead of my usual mechanic. The shop replaced my water pump BUT they did not change my timing belt. I am puzzled as I thought the recommendation is to have both replaced. Is there something different about the Intrepid that the timing belt does not need changed? 
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March 6th 06, 03:57 PM
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95 Dodge Intrepid -- water pump repair, do I need to change the timing belt too?
3.5 is driven by the belt, at that miles unless it had been doone the
tensioner and the belt should be replaced. "bubba" > wrote in message oups.com... > The water pump on my intrepid with 150K miles just failed last weekend. > Since it was a Satureday, I had it towed to a Monro Speedy shop > instead of my usual mechanic. The shop replaced my water pump BUT they > did not change my timing belt. I am puzzled as I thought the > recommendation is to have both replaced. > > Is there something different about the Intrepid that the timing belt > does not need changed? > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
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March 6th 06, 05:32 PM
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95 Dodge Intrepid -- water pump repair, do I need to change thetiming belt too?
bubba wrote:
> The water pump on my intrepid with 150K miles just failed last weekend. > Since it was a Satureday, I had it towed to a Monro Speedy shop > instead of my usual mechanic. The shop replaced my water pump BUT they > did not change my timing belt. I am puzzled as I thought the > recommendation is to have both replaced. > > Is there something different about the Intrepid that the timing belt > does not need changed? > You don't say which engine you have. The 3.3 is chain-timed, and obviously never needs a belt. The 3.5 is belt-timed, and the belt should be replaced along with the water pump. 3.5s are VERY gentle on timing belts compared to some overhead-cammers and typical 100,000+ mile belts still look nearly new, but 150k is still too far to run a belt IMO.
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