Yes. That's an interference engine meaning the open valves and the pistons occupy the same space but normally not at the same time. When the timing belt breaks or even just jump three teeth, the open valves will hit the pistons and be bent. There's two sensors that detect when the belt has jumped. When it jumps one tooth the Engine Computer will turn on the Check Engine light and set a diagnostic fault code in memory. At two teeth off, the computer will shut the engine down. At three teeth, valves get bent just like on most import car engines.
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 AT 10:02 AM