"High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Michael Rose wrote:
>
>> I was looking at a 2006 Honda Civic and I asked the saleman if the engine
>> was a Non-interference engine and I got a blank look
>> So guys help me out here...is it or isn't it!....Thanks
>
> I don't know, but it doesn't matter because the engine uses a timing chain
> instead of a belt.

IMHO chains have not proven themselves much more reliable than belts. Maybe
they have improved, but the last car I had with a chain (an 84 Dodge with a
Mitsu engine) didn't make it 100K miles before the chain was worn enough to
jump. The first step in replacement was: remove engine from car.

Mike