2000 Montero Sport timing belt replacement

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2000 Montero Sport timing belt replacement - 1/7/2006 1:45:17 PM

woodsman

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I've read all of the posts on this site about Montero timing belt replacements. The owners manual for this truck recommends the timing belt to be replaced at 60,000 for Monteros sold in California, Massachusetts and Vermont. For Monteros sold in all other states it says to change the timing belt at 100,000 miles. Are the engines different for the different states? Or possibly are they concerned that the engine doesn't run as clean as the timing belt wears? And why does Mitsubishi recommend waiting until 100,000 miles to change the timing belt if its unlikely to last that long? Since the owners manual was printed for my 2000 Montero Sport has there been a lot of unexpected engine failures due to timing belt failures? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks

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RE: 2000 Montero Sport timing belt replacement - 1/10/2006 3:28:53 AM

off roader

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IIRC it's due to state regulations rather than actual lifespan of the belt. They do easily last 100k.

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RE: 2000 Montero Sport timing belt replacement - 1/23/2006 2:21:40 PM

Winshawn

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You've got it backwards. For the 47 states it is 60k interval, for cali, Ma, etc it is 100k.

I changed the belt on my '95 when it had 90k and 5 years on it. It looked like new when it came off.

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'95 Montero LS (166k) - my car
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