# Timing Belt!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** outlander, mitsubishi\
**Created:** [November 16, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617 "2010-11-16T00:28:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bwrbluemits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@bwrbluemits](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bwrbluemits)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/1 "2010-11-16T00:28:56Z")

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I have a 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander with 117,000 miles and have never replaced the timing belt. ($650.00 estimate) Am I living on borrowed time? Should I get it done NOW? Is there any way to tell that it’s ABOUT to go, before it actually happens and destroys the engine??

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/2 "2010-11-16T00:37:04Z")

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Always service the timing belt at the recommended interval the manufacturer provides. Especially if the engine is an interference engine like yours is. There’s no way to determine if a timing belt is ready to fail.

That $650.00 estimate to replace the timing belt will sound real cheap compared to if the timing belt fails, and you’re handed an estimate of up to $4000,00 to repair the engine damage.

Tester

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/3 "2010-11-16T00:51:06Z")

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The timing belt interval for whatever silly reason is 60k on Mits. So you almost doubled it. So what do you think?

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/4 "2010-11-16T01:51:36Z")

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A dozen or more Mitsubishis have shown up at my door with tossed timing belts and 100% of them had internal damage. Some were trashed beyond repair.

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**Author:** ![bwrbluemits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@bwrbluemits](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bwrbluemits)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/5 "2010-11-16T06:05:02Z")

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Thanks for the input- I’m on my way to the dealer, which 75 wilderness miles away…wish me luck!

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**Author:** ![\_Deleted\_User1111116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ac91a4/32.png) [@\_Deleted\_User1111116](https://community.cartalk.com/u/_Deleted_User1111116)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/57617/6 "2010-11-16T06:24:01Z")

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Wilderness miles? Where u at? Id look into doing it yourself. Thats what we tend to do if we live in the wilderness. Would be a fun and interesting/learning project