Well I finally did an RTFM and it has 105k miles for the replacement.
Should have done this in the first place. Hate spending the $ but this
is a must. It's a great car and I want to keep it that way.



Bob Jones wrote:
> "poet" <poet@nonono.net> wrote in message
> news:gJtcl.71614$4M4.29218@newsfe02.iad...
>> My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my
>> mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump changed.
>> I was also told that failure to do this could destroy the engine if the
>> timing belt failed.
>> Is he right?
>>
>> Also, how many miles for this maintence? Some sites seem to say after
>> 60k -- in which case I'm driving on borrowed time here, and others say
>> 100k.
>>
>
> Not sure about 2001. More recent models use timing chains and replacing the
> chain is not even in the maintenance schedule. I would imagine they last for
> a long long time.
>
>