99 Stratus 2.5 V6 Timing Belt Change Interval

[Mike]

Anyone know the interval for changing the timing belt?

Getting close to 60K miles and thought about changing it out.

The owners manual only shows the interval for the 4 cylinders and not the
V6.

On the net, I've seen anywhere from 60K to 100K to not changing it at all!

Gates has the complete kit with the tensioners, and I also thought about
changing the water pump too since I was in there.

Anyone else have any suggestions, anything else I need to look at on a 60K
mile checkup?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Bill Putney]

Anyone know the interval for changing the timing belt?

Getting close to 60K miles and thought about changing it out.

The owners manual only shows the interval for the 4 cylinders and not the
V6.

On the net, I've seen anywhere from 60K to 100K to not changing it at all!

Gates has the complete kit with the tensioners, and I also thought about
changing the water pump too since I was in there.

Anyone else have any suggestions, anything else I need to look at on a 60K
mile checkup?

Thanks,
Mike

I don''t have a recommendation one way or t'other, but the Gates on-line
timing belt guide shows the change interval on that engine as 60k, and
indicates it as an interference engine - so just be aware of the
consequences of a wrong decision to wait.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

[Martin Boer]

100K according to Chrysler, according to my local garage.

Martin