lol!datafive0 said:my 2.0 SPI (1.9 based) broke @ 116K miles. Trust me, it is allot easier to change the belt when the cam gear and crank are on the same rotation..
From what I have heard/experiance the 1.8 is a non-interferance motor. Yes the manual say it is but if you ask the people that have blown them, they will tell you there was no damage.aliennation95gt said:the 1.8 are interferance so keep up on ot. 1.9 belt time replace ment less than one hour, takes longer to go buy one now, as for crank pulley, a good impact and it comes right off.
8O 8O if they didn't completely break the belt and conly jumped a few teeth that is possible, or if they werent running the car that hard and the motor chugged out quickly enough they might have only marred a piston, (happened on my friends honda) but the BP's ARE interference motors, you fry the blet your gonna take out some internals, i've seen it happen on at least 3 BP's...98RACE said:From what I have heard/experiance the 1.8 is a non-interferance motor. Yes the manual say it is but if you ask the people that have blown them, they will tell you there was no damage.