On 2017-10-26 8:02 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 1:34:54 PM UTC-10, Casa de los
> peregrinos wrote:

>
> My understanding is that timing belts on engines are getting popular
> again because the chains are stretching and messing up the timing and
> have to be replaced anyway. You're not saving any money over the life
> of the vehicle. Well that's what my mechanic says anyway.


It is not a really big job to replace a timing chain, but there are some
engines in which a broken belt can cause massive engine damage.



>
> I don't recall changing the water pump with the timing belt but I
> might have. When my water pump sprung a leak on the VW, I changed out
> the belt too since it had to come off anyway. They should hang the
> water pump off to the side of the engine since they tend to leak.

I did that once. Since they were working in the same general area of the
engine it seemed like a good idea to get them done together.