This is ... bizarre. My daughter's '95 Neon (SOHC engine) broke its timing belt just before Thanksgiving. Finally got it to a state I could do a compression test today... and it looked good! 180-200 PSI in all four cylinders. So I'm curious: has anybody else ever seen this happen (I should mention that yes, it is an interference engine)?
anybody have a Neon survive a broken timing belt?
Dec 21, 2005
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Are you saying you fixed the timing belt without taking the head off? The car has a timing belt on it now, right?
What would be bizarre about a timing belt breaking on a car that is 10 years old? And I assume you have it fixed and running?
Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech
I believe that the SOHC is *non-interference,* meaning that the valves do not crash into the piston tops when the timing belt fails. I don't think this is the case for the DOHC engine, in either the 2.0 or 2.4 flavors.
This info is most likely available on allpar.com.
-Kirk Matheson
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