20v timing belt

[Kneale Brownson]

If you do the timing belt every 60K, the do the pump every-other outing, 
you're going well beyond your mech's 100K.  Someone posted pictures a 
couple months back of the damage to an I5 engine from water pump 
seizure/timing belt spinning, etc.  A new head for a 20-valve is way more 
expensive than for a 10-valve.  If he's happy taking your $$$$$ why worry 
about how he takes care of his own ride.  The bottom line is he can fix his 
own a lot cheaper then he can fix yours.


At 11:08 AM 02/05/2001 -0700, John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy wrote:

>The mechanic that has kept a newly aquired '91 200q in excellent condition 
>for the last 7 years (175,000 miles), has informed me replacing the H20 
>pump with the timing belt is a waste of $ if the pump has no problems.  He 
>claims they often go beyond 100kmi. with no problem.  Not that he'd be 
>happy to change it with the belt change I have scheduled, but this goes 
>against what I've always heard.  Thoughts?
>
>JC