I was driving through town yesterday, and I heard something in the engine compartment start rubbing terribly. I pulled over and opened the hood up. The shaft coming out of the water pump that holds the pulley for the timing belt on completely snapped in half and wedged itself against the engine, but the pulley seems to have held pretty good tension on the timing belt even after it snapped. My question is, if I replace the water pump, do I need to re-time the engine? If so, how can I do this at home? It is a 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander LS AWD, with a 2.4L SOHC 16 valve MIVEC engine.
If you know about timing belt driven water pumps.. you know that you have to reset your timing on the engine. If you think you can. Tear it down.. replace the pump. And go onto the internet and find that engine and ask for timing marks.. reset them.. and all will be fine.. hope this helps.
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Contact your local dealer with your VIN handy to verify the recall has not been done and to schedule an appointment.
If the recall has been done, verify if you have power coming out of the module to the fans, as the fans do burn out eventually.... but rarely both at once.
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It is suggested by any mechcanic to perform this maintenace every 80,000 miles if you properbly maintain your vehicle. That mean going by the owners manual suggestions. Also I would highly recomend changing the water pum as well for it runs off this belt and water pumps only last as long as the belt will also. If a new belt is installed without a new water pump it may fail in no time. I seen it happen more than a dozen times in the past ten years
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