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- From: pwu@amalfi.ai.mit.edu (Peng Wu)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Timing belt replacement in a Sentra
- Message-ID: <25756@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 10:12:15 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.183632.12829@EE.Stanford.EDU> <eur.711812403@dutncp8> <9927@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> <1992Jul22.191644.23389@EE.Stanford.EDU>
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- In-reply-to: mack@isl.Stanford.EDU's message of 22 Jul 92 19:16:44 GMT
-
- Timing belt off may or may not cause engine damage depending on the design of
- the engine. See the following old message for reference:
-
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- From: tgl@slee03.srl.ford.com (Tom Leone)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Timing belts in general was Re: Tercel doesn't need timing-belt replacement?!
- Date: 21 May 92 16:23:04 GMT
- Organization: Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Labs, Dearborn, MI
-
- lester@naomi.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Les Bartel) writes:
- : Neither the owners manual nor the shop manual (Chilton) recommends timing
- : belt replacement at a specific interval for my 2.0 liter Ford Ranger.
- : It would give peace of mind to know what would happen if the belt broke.
-
- All Ford-built engines except the old 1.6L Escort are
- free-wheeling (no damage possible from broken timing belt).
- Note that the newer, 1.9L Escorts are free-wheeling.
-
- As for your Ranger, I thought they all had the 2.3L engine
- (which is definately free-wheeling).
-
- Also, note that the Mazda-built 2.0L diesel and 2.2L gas engines
- (in some Ford-badged vehicles) are NOT freewheeling. My source
- for all this? The August 1991 issue of _Motor_ magazine, page
- 22.
-
- Tom Leone <tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com>
-