Re: Motor blown on my 4kcsq :-(

["Bruce Bell" <bbell@bbell.com>]

I broke a timing belt in my '87 4Kq under hard acceleration. This motor is
non interfering - the worst that happened to me was the tow bill and a
weekend to replace the belt & water pump.  Can't imagine how you could get
parts to poke through this motor short of downshifting into first or second
from fifth at a high rate of speed. If a lot of rubber has been removed
from your tires, you will know.

You should be able to find a used 2.226 short or long block, if the head is
ruined,  fairly easy and cheap.

Good luck

Bruce

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> From: Mausoof Saqib <MausoofSaqib@JDCORP.deere.com>
> To: 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'
> Subject: Motor blown on my 4kcsq :-(
> Date: Monday, October 20, 1997 3:37 PM
> 
> Hi Folks,
> It is with great sorrow that I write this message. I loaned my 87 4kcsq
> to a friend for a drive to Kansas City and according to him, just before
> Des Moines, the engine light came on and the engine stopped. He is not
> very mechanical but he says that some of the inerts of my motor are
> poking through the motor. He is having the car towed back today, but I
> am depressed beyond all means.
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