Fun on the Highway

[Swimmer]

Sorry to hear about the timing chain. Gonna run a few bucks BB. Just think i could have happened on the way fishing though.

[Mike P]

If it was the timing belt, it's usually less than a deuce for most Japanese cars. Unless your engine is one of those that'll have valve damage if the belt goes.

You should replace a timing belt every 60,000 miles.

[SBASS1]

My wife had a honda Prelude...Interference Motor. She lost the timing belt / Cheaper and more reliable to buy a new motor than fix the bent valves rebuild head. Sold the car and bought a Subaru

[Bass Babe]

Originally Posted by Mike P

If it was the timing belt, it's usually less than a deuce for most Japanese cars. Unless your engine is one of those that'll have valve damage if the belt goes.

You should replace a timing belt every 60,000 miles.

Well, I have a Ford with 120K miles, so I guess I got double the life out of the thing, and hopefully the belts are even cheaper than those on foreign cars.

Dude said it booked as a 3-hour job, and that he'd stay late to finish it for me if he could start it before 4. Such a nice man. I heart my mechanic.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Bass Babe

Well, I have a Ford with 120K miles, so I guess I got double the life out of the thing, and hopefully the belts are even cheaper than those on foreign cars.

You sure it doesn't have a Mazda engine?

[JohnR]

Some Ford engines have timing belts too, more and more these days.

BB - while you may have gotten 120K before the timing belt, manufacturers tend to recommend replacing the T-belt at 60K or 90K depending on who built it. Having a timing belt fail means that it is probably well past when it should have been replaced. Hopefully you didn't have any valve / piston contact - that is bad...

If I remember corectly, Toyota and Mazda engines typically freewheel and have sufficient clearance between the valves. Hondas and Nissans don't freewheel. Once those valves kiss the pistons, it's all over but the new motor...