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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Timing Belt on Civic Si.
- Message-ID: <exuptr.470.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 00:31:43 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.103134.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <1992Dec16.162730.2867@mtu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec16.162730.2867@mtu.edu> vetter@mtu.edu (STEVEN J. VETTER) writes:
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- > When the timing belt breaks, the valves currently open will stay open, and
- > will then have the crap banged out of them as the piston comes to top dead
- > center. This is very bad :)
-
- Indeed.
-
- > If you have a manual tranny, you can engage the
- > clutch quickly and reduce the beating the valves and piston`s take, if it's
- > an automatic, it will take you longer to take it out of gear and the damage
- > will most likely be greater.
-
- I would think the thing to do would be to shut the engine OFF immediately
- (AND disengage the clutch if manual).
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