Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:07:38 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: Help- catastrophic timing belt failure in 94 900 2.5l v6
dave wrote: > I have a silly question. Does a popped timing belt necessarily mean the > valves have contacted the pistons? I have had a couple cars that have > popped the timing belt and none have crashed the valves into the pistons. Depends if it's an interference engine - one where the piston and the valves occupy the same space at different parts of the cycle. Some engines aren't, and if you snap a belt on one of them nothing bad happens. Most mordern engines are interference engines. -- Grunff