This time, BOTH timing belt idler pulleys had play in their bearings before unbolting them. And both had leaked out a significant amount of grease, grey in color. I think 100,000 miles is the life of these, no more. The tensioner was tight and good shape.
I'm uncertain about this water pump as I found corrosion around the weep hole, but is was dry. I had my mind made up to replace it anyway.

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TWO Identical 2005 Liberty Sport CRDS
#1 CRD, 174,000 miles. Eco tune, Samco hoses. Mobil1 0-40w used since day one
#2 CRD 143,000 miles. Bought used (unknown history) with 100,000 miles. Samco hoses.
Eco tune, new rockers, and 5 volt glow plugs installed at 124,000 miles

3rd timing belt on the same CRD?

How many miles are on it?

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2006 Liberty Limited CRD, Deep Beryl Green, Yeti tune, Arp studs, new cams, rockers, lifters, TB. "Green Monster"
2005 Liberty Sport CRD, Deep Beryl Green, GDE Hot Tune, ARP studs. "Rocket"
1982 Fiat 124 Spider Convertible. "Fiona"

I disagree about the life of the pulleys, but you did find the failure mode - grease ejection and bearing play. The only thing you didn't mention, were the bearings howling too?

I only replaced the belt on mine, the pulleys were all rock stable and clean as the day they were installed.
However, I have just had to replace my turbo recently for the second time and this time the bearings failed slowly... And were making a LOT of noise.
Moral of the story for anyone else - LISTEN to your engine, if something changes, check on it PRONTO!

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Bad noises = REALLY bad things.

This timing belt job was on a different CRD, my latest addition, CRD #2. It has 104,000 miles on it. Something else different that I noticed on this one, was that the inner edge (facing motor) of the timing belt had been worn with a very polished look to it. I could not see any rubbing on the inner cover. The belt must have been running off, wearing on the inner side of crank pulley.
As for bearing growl, something didn't sound normal compared to my other CRD, but I couldn't pin point where from, I will let you know if it is now quieter after I finish the timing belt job.

I totally agree. I lecture my wife and daughters to turn off the loud stereo once in a while, and listen to the sounds that the vehicle makes, to get an idea of what is normal

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TWO Identical 2005 Liberty Sport CRDS
#1 CRD, 174,000 miles. Eco tune, Samco hoses. Mobil1 0-40w used since day one
#2 CRD 143,000 miles. Bought used (unknown history) with 100,000 miles. Samco hoses.
Eco tune, new rockers, and 5 volt glow plugs installed at 124,000 miles

FWIW, both of my idler pulleys were going out but both were still operational. One was worse than the other, sounding like someone put some sand in it. Both spun freely. My water pump has developed a very slight leak (undetectable until removed) where it bolts to the engine.
B2

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2005 CRD Sport - "Blackie"
Tow Package
Trac Loc
GDE EcoTune w/ unl torque
Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor Tires
over 192,000+ miles
100k mile service performed
5V Glow Plugs Installed and ECM updated

Our Jeep is my wife's daily ride and she has yet to fill it! Forget about checking oil. But we have only had it 3 years.