On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:10:38 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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Back on the original subject matter, are you allowed back in the house
yet??