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It really depends on the engine. Some engines are interference engines. Which means that if the timing belt breaks it could, or probably will bend some valves. Be sure of what you have, do not guess. It is not worth it!It really depends on the engine. Some engines are interference engines. Which means that if the timing belt breaks it could, or probably will bend some valves. Be sure of what you have, do not guess. It is not worth it!
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Did you see them replace the belt ???
Its a complicated process, and should have taken several hours to replace. Mechanics sometimes lie.
If it was replaced, it's possible the failure occured from lack of oil, metal fatigue, hydraulic lifters can break, valves can drop into engines, any number of things can go wrong.
Unless you pay to have someone open the engine back up, there's really no way to positively prove what happened.
The problem is that it depends on the mileage and the condition of the car and if it was kept up, the timing belt is what keeps the top and bottom of the motor in time, when the belt breaks the pistons come up and hit and bend the valves because the belt is not turning the cams to close the valves, most of the time there is valve damage, you can ask him to install a belt and then before putting everything back together to do a compression test, the test will show if there are bent valves, sometimes people get lucky and dont bent valves because the valves closed but they were at a light or going slow, this makes it so the engine isnt spinning so fast and valves close before damage is done,If you have over 100,000 miles maybe its time for another car, the thing is whats next, the transmissions in these cars are known for going bad also.i just did a little research and found that this car has daul overhead cams which makes the valve bending more definite, i would say for sure theres valve damage, this can be fixxed but the head would have to be removed and sent to a machine shop for new valves and a valve job, this could cost about $600.00 then the labor for the tech to remove the head and install it and the new belt and plus parts, i would say about $2000.00. this is something you need to think about. if the car is in great shape and you did all the maintinace to it and dont need other repairs like brakes, tuneup or tire and the cars body and inside are great and mileage is around 80,0000 then maybe fix it, otherwise replace it, hope this helps.
The 4-cylinder 2.0-liter 16-valves DOHC 127-hp Ford Zetec engine used a timing belt that needs replacement at 120k. After 2005 both, the 2.3-liter 4-cylinder and the 3.0-liter V6 engines have a maintenance-free timing chain.
I would recommend changing the water pump while you are at it.
The 2.0 timing belt labor is 4 hours and the water pump is 10 hours in addition. Not a fun job.
This engine is freewheeling, as requested by Ford for the joint venture program with the Mercury Villlager. So, no engine damage if timing belt breaks. Just install a new belt and maybe the water pump while you are therre and new other belts. It will run another 100,000 miles.
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3.0 liter timing belt , I think, are recommended at 60,000 miles but you could easily get 100,000 miles out of them. They are a non interference engine so if it does break it will cause no other damage besides maybe ruining a timing belt cover. Usually the water pump will fail before the timing belt does.
The 1.9 Liter has a cam belt which MUST be replaced at 105,000 miles. Also replace the water pump which is driven by the cam belt to save labor costs later one. This is an INTERFERENCE engine and as such if the belt breaks you will have serious engine damage. Therefore do not neglect this service.
the manual calls for replacement every 105,000 miles, it is preferred that it be done at 100,000 miles (gives a safe margin), if it breaks/fails u can damage the engine.
its timing belt. This car requires the timing belt to be serviced at every 60k miles. This engine is a non-interference motor, so the engine will not get damaged internally if belt breaks. But other parts externally can become damaged. Also at the same time the timing belt is changed, replace the water pump, idler and tensioner pulleys.
If you 2000 Dodge Stratus is equipped with either the 2.0 Liter (SOHC) 4 cylinder engine or the 2.5 Liter (SOHC) V6 then you have serious engine damage. Both these engines are interference engines. When the belt breaks the pistons will make contact with the valves thus causing damage. The belt on the 4 cylinder should have been replaced at 100,000 miles. The belt on the V6 should have been replaced at 60,00 miles. At 60 mph you for sure are going to have some damage. How much damage, you will know when they open it up.
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