"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:A5-dnehaCoSgP0LZnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d@sedona.net:

> "High Tech Misfit" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:hpqnzvtbujv8.dlg@hightech.misfit...
>> 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.


Depends on the engine design. Certain cars were notorious for eating timing
chains. The Nissan Axxess had one such. On the the opposite side, the old
Toyota timing chains were very well designed. They'd wear and get noisy,
but never break or jump.


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