Just for the record does my 2001 LHS 3.5 have a timing chain or timing belt or what? It will be a few years until I have to think of it.
2001 LHS 3.5 engine.
Feb 19, 2004
7 Replies
It has a timing belt.
Bill Putney (to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with "x")
Are you certain. I know they made some major changes, but my 97 Intrepid with 3.5 is a belt, but non-interference, as I learned when the belt prematurely snapped(about 60k Kms).
James L>
The 3.5L was switched to interference in 1999. Gates belt T295.
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'97 and previous were non-interference. Gates belt T255.
James L>
Mike
The 3.5L was switched to interference in 1999. Gates belt T295
Thanks for the nice reply and reference.
Bob AZ
I believe that when they started boosting the HP that the 3.5L made, the engine changes caused it to be an interference.
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