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If there is no piston no piston damage, then you should be safe to assume
its a non-interference engine. I had a Subaru timing gear explode at idle
and it destroyed the engine.
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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BT7 engine and disk brakes
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On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:23 AM, <michael.salter@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been tasked with repairing my B in L's 2008 Saturn Astra.
> 1.8 litre Ecotec engine.
> Cam belt shredded.
> Some sites say this an interferrence engine some not... I can see no
> evidence of the valves having touched any piston.
> The exhaust cam appears to have slipped about 270 degrees and there is NO
> compression.
> The question is...if there are no marks on the pistons can I be fairly
> confident that the valves are okay and installing a new belt and resetting
> the timing will be all that is needed?
> Michael S
> BN1 # 174
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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:23 AM, <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">=
michael.salter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><p dir=3D"auto">I have been tasked with repairing my B in L's 200=
8 Saturn Astra.<br>
1.8 litre Ecotec engine. <br>
Cam belt shredded.<br>
Some sites say this an interferrence engine some not... I can see no eviden=
ce of the valves having touched any piston.<br>
The exhaust cam appears to have slipped about 270 degrees and there is NO c=
ompression.<br>
The question is...if there are no marks on the pistons can I be fairly conf=
ident that the valves are okay and installing a new belt and resetting the =
timing will be all that is needed?<br>
Michael S<br>
BN1 # 174 <br></p>
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