2009 mitsubishi lancer timing belt or chain

2009 mitsubishi lancer timing belt or chain full#

Obviously if the motor was all apart for some other reason and you had more than 60k miles it would be a good idea to go ahead and do it. There is no specified mileage interval to change the timing chain. Seriously… dude! Change your oil more often!īut dad got him this to make it all better: How much stretch it takes to make everything crash: Here is a new redesigned timing chain (with less links to rub against each other) that still will stretch prematurely if you don’t change the oil enough: It was able to get knocked back into the intake manifold for an out of the park home run. One of the valves got bent into a perfect little taco. It bent the intake valves, when the piston came up it smashed the valve stems into the guides to where they broke off. The timing chain stretched enough to jump quite a bit.

2009 mitsubishi lancer timing belt or chain full#

If your chain has been confirmed to be stretched and you have a rough idle, don’t drive the car at all.Ī recent customer never did a full service and rarely changed his oil in 80k miles. A couple more teeth jumping means that valves and pistons start crashing together. If you get the triangle warning light and the car has a rough idle, it might have jumped a tooth or two. It will tell you when it is time when all the systems are working properly. The computer keeps track of how much the chain stretches over time. It has a timing chain that turns the cams. The 4B11 motor that comes in the 2008+ EVO X and 2009+ Lancer RalliArt does not have a timing belt.