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Re: Stupid Timing belt

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Originally posted by Rock

And how come that stupid 20 dollar piece of rubber can do 1500 dollars worth of damage to our engines? whats up with that
Its called an 'interference design' engine where the valves open enough for the pistons to hit them if the valve timing is off. Most modern engines are of this design and all require periodic belt changes. A friends Prelude just snapped his belt and did the same damage. So its not a Porsche only issue.
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Old 11-18-2003, 08:58 AM
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