larry moe 'n curly wrote:

> Plus the 1.9L doesn't bang
> valves if the timing belt fails. Rationalizing, rationalizing.

If that is to insinuate that the 1.8L *is* an interference engine ---
no, the 1.8 freewheels if the timing belt breaks.

That's a just-for-the-record-kind-of-thing.

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