Engines... (was Timing belt or chain-which is best?)

The message from Alex Buell contains these words:

You can't. Certainly not while assembled, and not easily when in bits.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Nah, it's easy.

Let the belt break, then pull the head off. If the valves are bent, it was an interference engine.

you look in autodata, it is usually correct.

mrcheerful

The message from Alex Buell contains these words:

Only if I'm caught out in the rain waiting for my insane mother. (someone out there must get that referrence - but I don't suppose there'll be many)

Look at the reg. number. Can't think of any modern engine that won't be damaged if a cam drive breaks. Or any multi-valve one. Or OHC one. It would probably be easier to ask which ones aren't - there can only be a handful.

Vauxhall Nova 1.2 OHC. Or did my brother just get lucky?

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Apparently these are interference engines, but I'm not so sure. I done a 2.0 conversion on a 1.2 Corsa, and just for the banter, we took a blade to the belt so it was just hanging on then red-lined the engine until it broke.

Replacing the belt, again for a laugh, saw it start first time!

Peter Hill ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.demon.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

"Modern"

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