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Timing Belt


gorgolio
03-30-2005, 09:29 AM
Anybody attempted tochange the timming belt on a 6 Cyl. 2.5 Sebring 1998 or 1999 model ? If so, anything I should know before I take the engine apart and try to do it myself?

Thanks,
Dan

Shizane2002
04-01-2005, 09:44 PM
I had my dealer do mine. I dont have the highspeed tools for that task.

I wish I could have watched them though. I hear its pretty difficult.

Oldengineer
04-09-2005, 12:04 AM
A friend of mine tried changing his own timing belt on a 2.5. When he attempted to start the engine afterwards, the pistons hit the valves on one bank of the engine. The result - $600 in more parts he had to replace. If you do your own I suggest you pull the engine over with a wrench after you get done to make sure you've got the valve timing right before you ever attempt to start it.

Regards:
Oldengineer

bearcatdon
04-18-2005, 05:09 PM
OUCH!!!! Did he not line up the pulleys?

Oldengineer
04-18-2005, 10:36 PM
OUCH!!!! Did he not line up the pulleys?
After he got the engine apart again, he said he'd managed to get the sprocket on the rear bank off a couple of teeth. Just enough for the pistons to hit the valves when he cranked the starter.

Regards:
Oldengineer

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