does it need changing?

have you already done the timing belt?

 

I usually do things before they need to get done, especially when it's something relatively easy. What's the recomendation on the timing belt? That's a little bit more complicated than changing a drive belt and don't want to mess with it if I can go a little longer.

Thanks.

 

over here it's 5 years or 100000k's (not miles)

not sure with you - but if it goes......big money problem

 

The world engine doesn't use a timing belt. It uses a chain.

 

thank you Elgreco

 

a lot of 4 cyl.ds don't use a chain , so you would assume.....

 

All I-4 Hondas use the chain. I'm not sure about other makes of vehicles though...


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Patriot uses a chain, you normally don't need to replace it. At least not for a long time...

 

You would go through 10 alternator decouplers and 8 sets of ball joints by the time you wear the chain out.

 

As long as the oil is changed at least once in a while, if your motor kludges up that can impact the chain.

Oil change...cheapest insurance you can provide yourself.

 

even an early 2007 has a chain?
cool...
as Metaxa says, keep the oil good as that lubricates the chain and stops it overheating and stretching

 

Y'all are WAY off... DavidAl was asking about the ACCESSORY belt, not the timing belt (which, we have once-and-for-all determined, is a chain).

Seeing as how I'm at 91K I'm interested in an answer as well. The manual says it should be replaced at 60k IIRC; can anyone confirm? Anyone have tips regarding the ORIGINAL question?

 

re-read my first post - we are talking about both the acc belt AND the timing belt.....

and by the way, i have a timing BELT......so do hundreds of thousands of us who own the Patriot / Compass / Caliber diesel

also, every petrol car i have ever owned has had a BELT

and over here (yes i know your world stops at your borders) our acc belt doesn't have a time/distance replacement, it's just when required, hence my very first words on this post "does it need changing?"

 

Wow, such snark...

Admittedly, I had no idea the CRDs ran a timing belt. If Chrysler saw fit to sell one here, I might be on par with your knowledge of the CRD layout, but alas, I'm another ignorant Yank, right?

As for "every other petrol car"... I've owned an even number with timing belts vs timing chains, so for what it's worth, so I guess that's a point wherein you're slightly more ignorant than I, yes?

Regardless of who's swinging a bigger d!ck between you and I, the original question pertains to the 2.4L gas (er, petrol) engine. I wasn't knocking you for asking him about his timing belt. But the discussion after the first two or three responses simply turned into a confirmation of chain, not belt, for timing purposes. However, the topic of the article reads "Accessory Drive Belt", which nobody seemed to respond to. As I have a vested interest in this discussion re: accessory drive belt replacement, I was simply trying to nudge the conversation back in that direction.

But it's cool, call me ignorant for knowing nothing about the CRD.

Anyway, "bygones" and all that jazz, right?

 

if you say it's to be replaced at 60k miles (as in your US manual), then that's the answer...........if the OP in the US

 

Negatory, sir, the original request by DavidAl was for tips on how to do said procedure. I was simply calling for verification on the 60k interval due to my laziness; didn't feel like walking 30 feet to my glovebox, when I felt someone here might know offhand.