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While timing belts are made of the best materials available (much better than a rubber band), the belt still loses a percentage of its strength each year. Like a rubber band, the belt weakens with mainly age, chemical attack and heat. But why would the belt ‘weaken’ you may ask? Well it’s a case of numerous influences deteriorating the rubber / materials of which the belts are made. These belts have a tendency to snap as the belt weakens with age…. The wider the belt is, the stronger it is and in the case of ‘4 Cylinder’ belts… the lack of width results in a belt that is only just strong enough to handle the tension that it’s placed under every day. I’ve underlined the previous comment because the width (or lack of it) is the number one reason why these belts fail. These two belts run side by side within the timing cover and because of space constraints both belts are relatively narrow in width. The failure of either belt is critical as even if the balance shaft belt breaks, the broken belt usually gets caught in the timing belt and results in timing belt failure. In these engines, we must consider that the engine actually contains 2 belts, 1 timing belt and 1 balance shaft drive belt. Group 1 – 4 Cylinder Timing Belts (2.0 Twin Spark and 2.0 JTS engines)
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Group 1 – ‘4 Cylinder’ will cover 2.0 Twin Spark and 2.0 JTS engines. In each group there will be multiple engines but the basics are the same for each main group. These engines we generalise as either 4 cylinders or V6’s. Choose Mitsubishi model from the list: Diesel 2.5 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 D () 55kW 2011-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 D 4WD () 55kW 2011-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 D (4D56-TD) 66kW 2011-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON Platform/Chassis (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D (KA4T) (4D56 (16V)) 94kW 2007-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D (KA4T) (4D56-HP,4D56 (16V)) 94kW 2010-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D 16V 4WD (4D56 (16V)) 98kW 2007-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DiD (KA4T) (4D56-HP) 100kW 2005-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D 4WD (KB4T) (4D56-HP) 100kW 2005-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KJ_, KK_, KL_) 2.5 DI-D 4WD (4D56 (16V)) 100kW 2014- MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D (KA4T) (4D56-HP) 123kW 2007-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D 4WD (KB4T) (4D56-HP) 123kW 2007-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON Platform/Chassis (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D 4WD (KB4T) (4D56-HP) 131kW 2009-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.5 DI-D (KA4T) () 131kW 2010-2015 MITSUBISHI L200 / TRITON (KA_T, KB_T) 2.One of the most frequent questions we’re asked at Alfa Men is ‘why do the Alfa Romeo belts need to be changed so often when those belts fitted to other engines last twice as long?’ The answer to the question is different depending on which engine you have and how you drive your vehicle but we’ll attempt to answer it below.įor the purpose of our discussion, we’ll imagine that we’re talking about the timing belts fitted to 147’s, 156’s and GTV’s as these engines require timing belts most frequently and prompt the above question most often.įirst, we will make one big generalisation about Alfa engines fitted to the above models….