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I feel a car analogy coming on :) | 178 comments | Create New Account

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I feel a car analogy coming on :)

Authored by: AlanF on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 03:42 PM EDT

Just to get one technical detail correct...

The engine damage is not caused by the broken belt whipping around. The damage
comes from the fact that the part that moves the pistons up and down (the
crankshaft) continues to move, while the part that moves the valves up and down
(the camshaft) has become disconnected and no longer moves. Then, a pistom
moves up and encounters a valve still sticking down (because the camshaft is not
moving it any more). The resulting collision will bend or break both parts,
and often other nearby ones as well. $$$$$

This only happens with modern "interference" type engines, which are
highly optimized to get every last bit of performance. Old,
low(er)-performance engines (and even some modern ones) were built so that
collisions like this could not occur, even if a timing belt (or chain) broke.

Sorry to drag automotive engineering into a legal discussion, but I hate to
leave misinformation uncorrected. :-)

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

I feel a car analogy coming on :) - Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 03:59 PM EDT
- I feel a car analogy coming on :) - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 20 2012 @ 06:04 PM EDT
  - The rubber belt is a lot quieter, as well - Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 11:46 AM EDT

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