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Chevrolet Prizm Forum : “does it have an interfering engine”

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shoe
03/04/2007, 1:39PM
About: 2001 Chevrolet Prizm
does it have an interfering engine

I need to know if the 2001 prism 1.8 litre engine will lock up and ruin avalve if the timing chain breaks or binds.

lightGear
03/05/2007, 12:08PM

You always run the chance of that happened in the timing chain breaks.

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Corollanut
03/20/2007, 2:40PM

One way to find out is go to your local auto parts store and get a price on a new timing belt, when they look it up it will say whether it is an interference or non-interference engine. I know some GM cars use Toyota motors which are non-interference. Ha ha, the Pontiac Vibe is a Toyota Matrix with different badges.

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