Pro5driver
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- 2002 Mazda Protege 5
I was told that I have this type of motor and that if the timing belt goes everything will not go bad like in other motors? Is this true or a myth?
FSDE is non-interference so if timing goes off you won't destroy your valves. This does not mean you won't cause other damage however...
Let the belt break and find out. The point here is you really don't want to find out so it would be in your best interest to change the timing belt at 60,000 intervals. While you're at it might as well change the water pump and other drive belts. Preventive maintenance is the key.I'm curious what other damage you're referring to. I can't think of anything else that could be damaged by just a broken timing belt.
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FSDE is non-interference so if timing goes off you won't destroy your valves. This does not mean you won't cause other damage however...
Let the belt break and find out. The point here is you really don't want to find out so it would be in your best interest to change the timing belt at 60,000 intervals. While you're at it might as well change the water pump and other drive belts. Preventive maintenance is the key.
Our engines can go up 100k miles before doing the belt change. But good preventive is always wise.
While no physical damage will occur directly you run all sorts of risks when running with severely screwed up timing. Chances are the belt just won't snap but it will stretch or tear. This will through off your timing, which could lead to detonation issues and those are never good.I'm curious what other damage you're referring to. I can't think of anything else that could be damaged by just a broken timing belt.
Let the belt break and find out. The point here is you really don't want to find out so it would be in your best interest to change the timing belt at 60,000 intervals. While you're at it might as well change the water pump and other drive belts. Preventive maintenance is the key.
Even if a broken timing belt doesn't do any damage to your engine doesn't mean you should run it unit it breaks because you just don't know when and where that will happen. If you're lucky it will break on a clear sunny day just as you're pulling into a repare shop or a garage just to ask a simple question or it can break in the middle of winter, at night, with 3 inches of snow on the ground or in a down pour and you're miles away from home with a loaded car. Then you'll have to call a tow truck, find a repare shop near where ever you might be at the time, find a way to get home with all your stuff, and find alternate form of transportation while it is being fixed. My point is its not just getting stuck when the belt breaks but all the problems and logistics involved in getting it to a shop and getting it fixed.In fact, I know that nothing in the engine will be damaged by this, but was curious to hear the response. If the P5 were my daily driver, I would be inclined to let the timing belt go until it breaks. But it's my wife's car, and she uses it for some work occasions when she can't afford the breakdown. Her car is at about 107,000 miles (service interval is 105,000), and I'll be changing the belt when it gets a little warmer outside. My point is that telling people that a broken timing will cause some sort of collateral damage is just silly.
Even if a broken timing belt doesn't do any damage to your engine doesn't mean you should run it unit it breaks because you just don't know when and where that will happen. If you're lucky it will break on a clear sunny day just as you're pulling into a repare shop or a garage just to ask a simple question or it can break in the middle of winter, at night, with 3 inches of snow on the ground or in a down pour and you're miles away from home with a loaded car. Then you'll have to call a tow truck, find a repare shop near where ever you might be at the time, find a way to get home with all your stuff, and find alternate form of transportation while it is being fixed. My point is its not just getting stuck when the belt breaks but all the problems and logistics involved in getting it to a shop and getting it fixed.
Basically that is my point. Why limit yourself to where you can go? Why not just get it changed and be free to drive where ever and when ever?The point is that no actual damage will come to the car as a result of the broken belt. Obviously a broken belt will cause some sort of inconvenience, but I honestly wouldn't be too bothered by towing a car home and just throwing a new timing belt on. I wouldn't go on a road-trip in those circumstances though. That's just pressing your luck.
Basically that is my point. Why limit yourself to where you can go? Why not just get it changed and be free to drive where ever and when ever?
I'm so tired of this being spread around(I'm not trying to single you out tsunami, I'm talking to everyone who reads this.) If you only read that this was an interference motor from somewhere else, don't spread the "myth" that it is. I have spoken with several mazda techs about this, as well as Mazda corporate, and have been assured that it is a NON-INTERFERENCE motor.
OOps. I read the post wrong, I was saying it was a myth that the car had a non interference motor, LOL. Curse my poor reading skills.
The "myth" part is that for some mythological reason people won't believe that it is in fact non-interference & these well maybe it is or maybe it's not threads keep going on forever. See previous 5000 int/non-int threads..............If s*** don't hit, you must quit, believing the bulls***