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Old August 21st 04, 04:16 AM
hdleng
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Default '91 Spirit broken timing belt

1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L, NON-turbo, automatic transmision

I have a broken timing belt. I verified that by checking that I have no
rotation of the distibutor rotor while cranking the engine. Before I start
replacing the belt, I would like to find out whether the engine is damaged
otherwise. Is there destructive interference between the valves and pistons
when the camshaft does not turn? Thanks for the help.


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Old August 21st 04, 04:48 AM
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:16:23 -0700, "hdleng" > wrote:

>1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L, NON-turbo, automatic transmision
>
>I have a broken timing belt. I verified that by checking that I have no
>rotation of the distibutor rotor while cranking the engine. Before I start
>replacing the belt, I would like to find out whether the engine is damaged
>otherwise. Is there destructive interference between the valves and pistons
>when the camshaft does not turn? Thanks for the help.
>


Gates' timing belt replacement list:

http://www.gates.com/downloads/downl...der=broch ure

does not show yours as an interference engine. You're probably OK.
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Old August 21st 04, 04:48 AM
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:16:23 -0700, "hdleng" > wrote:

>1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L, NON-turbo, automatic transmision
>
>I have a broken timing belt. I verified that by checking that I have no
>rotation of the distibutor rotor while cranking the engine. Before I start
>replacing the belt, I would like to find out whether the engine is damaged
>otherwise. Is there destructive interference between the valves and pistons
>when the camshaft does not turn? Thanks for the help.
>


Gates' timing belt replacement list:

http://www.gates.com/downloads/downl...der=broch ure

does not show yours as an interference engine. You're probably OK.
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Old August 21st 04, 06:04 AM
Dan Fraser
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I've lost the timing belt from this engine, the 2.5L before and had no
damage. As far as I know almost every 2 valve per cylinder engine is a
non-interference design while almost every 4 valve or greater per cylinder
is an interference design. I am sure there are exceptions but these rules of
thumb have been OK for me so far.


"hdleng" > wrote in message
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> 1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L, NON-turbo, automatic transmision
>
> I have a broken timing belt. I verified that by checking that I have no
> rotation of the distibutor rotor while cranking the engine. Before I

start
> replacing the belt, I would like to find out whether the engine is damaged
> otherwise. Is there destructive interference between the valves and

pistons
> when the camshaft does not turn? Thanks for the help.
>
>



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Old August 21st 04, 06:04 AM
Dan Fraser
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I've lost the timing belt from this engine, the 2.5L before and had no
damage. As far as I know almost every 2 valve per cylinder engine is a
non-interference design while almost every 4 valve or greater per cylinder
is an interference design. I am sure there are exceptions but these rules of
thumb have been OK for me so far.


"hdleng" > wrote in message
...
> 1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L, NON-turbo, automatic transmision
>
> I have a broken timing belt. I verified that by checking that I have no
> rotation of the distibutor rotor while cranking the engine. Before I

start
> replacing the belt, I would like to find out whether the engine is damaged
> otherwise. Is there destructive interference between the valves and

pistons
> when the camshaft does not turn? Thanks for the help.
>
>



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Old August 25th 04, 06:50 PM
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The 16V T3 is a non-interference design.

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Old August 25th 04, 06:50 PM
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The 16V T3 is a non-interference design.

 




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