Evo X - Timing Chain replacement?

[dphillips0204]

Good afternoon all,

I've had the red triangle exclamation mark come up to the Evo this week and from looking in the manual it's showing as a timing chain issue. Reading various forums, these need to be replaced at approx. 60,000 miles.

Mine's only done 32k, so bit concerned that it could be another issue? I've stopped driving it until I get it sorted.

I've also asked an Evo specialist garage who advised me "9 times out of 10 it isn't a sensor fault and the belt needs replacing". They are quoting £850 + VAT.

Does anyone think that it could be something else? or has anyone else had to replace theirs at this early mileage?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

Many thanks in advance.

 

[Cragga]

Mine was replaced at 35k, you can get it done cheaper than that- check indigo gt
There is a new style timing chain because the original was largely not up to the job, although some people have had no issue.
It's best not to leave it as the chain could jump and cause damage to the engine/valves.
The car ran noticeably better after I had mine fixed/updated.

 

[MrP]

I looked at Evo X maintenance/service schedule published by Mitsubishi from zero miles to 150K.
Timing chain not listed, so spoke to local dealer but as not a Ralliart specialist they did not know.
They called technical depart at HQ and the reply was a sensor monitors condition of chain and a warning will appear on dash if chain has stretched.

 

[MrP]

. If the vehicle equipped with 4B11-T/C engine continues the rough driving like competitive running*1, the amount of carbon mixed into the engine oil tends to increase. This can possibly cause the timing chain to gradually elongate. To prevent this, the function or logic monitoring the amount of elongation of the timing chain is integrated into the ECM. When the ECM detects the elongation of the timing chain, the warning is shown on the multi-information display of combination meter as shown in the illustration. This gives the driver the information that the visual check of the elongation of the timing chain is necessary. If this warning is continuously neglected, the timing chain can possibly interfere with the other engine components, resulting in the engine damaged. NOTE: *1: The competitive running means the running that constantly repeats the cycle of the full opened position of the accelerator pedal and the full closed position of the accelerator pedal.
Copied from Mitsubishi EVO X maintenance manual.