Re: Interference or not - V6?

["Keleigh Hardie" <hobbesian@worldnet.att.net>]

Sure about which? About the V6, absolutely. Most of the one's I've seen
that have thrown the belt have bent valves. About the 2.3? Not so much. I
was told it was an interference engine, just as the high compression 2.0
four was, but haven't seen a large enough sample of belt failures to know.
The 2.2 turbo was supposed to be non-interference, but most of them bend
valves when they go. I like the advice about treating all of them as
interference engines. Safer that way.

Keleigh!
88 80Q

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> From: Steve Valin <steve@ipecac.engr.sgi.com>
> To: hobbesian@worldnet.att.net; quattro@ipecac.engr.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: Interference or not - V6?
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 1:28 PM
> 
> 
> 
> "Keleigh Hardie" <hobbesian@worldnet.att.net> sez:
> 
> << Non ALL I5's are non-interference. The 2.3's are not.
> And the 12v V6's aren't either. Don't know about the 30v yet. I doubt it.
>>
> 
> interesting.  Do you know this for a fact?  The last time I had my timing

> belt off, I carefully rotated the cam to see if it was interfering. The
cam
> definitely hit a blockage point, which I assumed was a valve hitting a
piston.
> Of course I didn't torque on it very hard to be sure!.  With the belt on 
> and in the right place, this doesn't happen.
> 
> -steve