Change your Timing Belts!
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Change your Timing Belts!
I read the post about changing the timing belts and decided to make this post.
Alot of people don't think about changing their belts until they pop and their car is broke down. That happened to me, but I was fortunate enough to have a non-interference motor. Some of ya'll might not know what an "interference motor" is. Think about this: Your car has about 70,000 miles on it(about the time most belts go out). You're driving down the raod and the belt pops. You figure, the belt only costs like 20 bucks, but what you don't realize is that your car has an interference motor. You go to a car shop and they mechanic tells you that your motor can't be fixed. Absolutely nothing can be done to save your motor, it's gone. How could a $20+ piece of rubber have caused your motor to die? I don't know the exact mechanics of these I-F motors, but I do know this: When your belt goes, the motor shuts off instantly. The danger is that your cylinder heads might not have closed at the right time. When you replace the belt and fire up your car, BAM!!! You hear a terrible clunk in your engine bay. Your cylinder heads have just hit each other and bent. Your engine is gone forever. That info might be off a little, but it's basically what happens. Guys, change your belts before they go.
Alot of people don't think about changing their belts until they pop and their car is broke down. That happened to me, but I was fortunate enough to have a non-interference motor. Some of ya'll might not know what an "interference motor" is. Think about this: Your car has about 70,000 miles on it(about the time most belts go out). You're driving down the raod and the belt pops. You figure, the belt only costs like 20 bucks, but what you don't realize is that your car has an interference motor. You go to a car shop and they mechanic tells you that your motor can't be fixed. Absolutely nothing can be done to save your motor, it's gone. How could a $20+ piece of rubber have caused your motor to die? I don't know the exact mechanics of these I-F motors, but I do know this: When your belt goes, the motor shuts off instantly. The danger is that your cylinder heads might not have closed at the right time. When you replace the belt and fire up your car, BAM!!! You hear a terrible clunk in your engine bay. Your cylinder heads have just hit each other and bent. Your engine is gone forever. That info might be off a little, but it's basically what happens. Guys, change your belts before they go.
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Middle of the Corn Illinois
RE: Change your Timing Belts!
plannin on it. we have all been busy lately. I almost have a how to mod your 2g ready... bunch of faq's coming right after...
BTW motor dies because valves slap the pistons at the moment the belt stops turning the cams, not because the belt isn't timed when put back on... Anybody who knows how to time an engine can replace the belt. but it is alot of work... ill post the how to for that shortly as well.
think about it... cams rotating... then bam...cams stop rotating and the pistons keep moving till you stop the engine...
BTW motor dies because valves slap the pistons at the moment the belt stops turning the cams, not because the belt isn't timed when put back on... Anybody who knows how to time an engine can replace the belt. but it is alot of work... ill post the how to for that shortly as well.
think about it... cams rotating... then bam...cams stop rotating and the pistons keep moving till you stop the engine...
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