> I have a 2000 Intrepid with about 104,000 miles on it. I plan on > keeping it for awhile. Is it advisable to have the timing chain and > water pump replaced as precautionary? It is still on the original > timing chain and water pump.
Although my water pump on my 1996 went out about that same time, you don't have to replace them as precautionary until they actually go. The Intrepid engine is not an interference engine, meaning that the valves do not occupy the same space as the pistons during the cycle. Thus, losing a timing chain (actually a belt, iirc) won't ruin the engine unlike on, say, a Bug. Unless you have a great fear of being stopped on the road with a blown water pump, I'd run her till she pops. The water pump is pretty common after 100K, though, so you can expect it sooner or later. Nathan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release Date: 4/26/2006 Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
