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- From: bill@hood.tandem.com (norcott_bill@tandem.com)
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- Subject: Re: Ford Escort Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Oct15.180347.14133@tandem.com>
- Date: 15 Oct 92 18:03:47 GMT
- References: <1bf6t1INNf29@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <1992Oct13.203951.12484@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> <13234@traffic>
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- In article <13234@traffic>, owen@Software.Mitel.COM (Blake Owen) writes:
- |> I've personally only heard of the belts breaking in Fords
- |> and Toyotas and someone on the net claimed Honda belts also break. Do
- |> GM and Chrysler use a different system or type of belt? Any comments?
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- Timing belts break just like any other belt and what make of car it
- is makes no difference. None of the modern Ford engine designs result
- in engine damage if the timing belt breaks. Hondas and Nissans self-
- destruct if the belt breaks. Most Toyotas are safe when the belt
- breaks. Overhead cam engines use belts. American overhead valve
- pushrod style engines use a timing chain, not a belt. Timing chains
- are a whole lot more durable than belts .
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