10v.... interference engine?

[Huw Powell]

> In going back thru the archives I was convinced that my 10v ('85 4kq & '88
> 80q) were non interference engines ... ie. you break the timing belt and
> nothing else is broken.  The 20 valve is a different ($) story.
> Now I see in the  Marketplace some guy is selling his '90 200tq 10v with a
> broken top end because of a timing belt slip. Either:
>   a. He has a 20v and doesn't know it.
>   b. Something else caused the damage
>   c. He doesn't know what he is talking about or
>   d.  I don't know what I am talking about
>
> Which is it?

d.

his turbo engine is not the same as your n/a models.

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Huw Powell

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