Bill Putney wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>> "Bill Putney" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> random electron wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if the engine in a 1994 LHS is an interference
>>>> engine (aka crash motor)? It's a 3.5L 6 cyl.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> According to the Gates Timing Belt Replacement Guide
>>> (http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?br...cation_id=3487 -
>>> click the pdf link - give it time to download even if it acts like
>>> it's done), it *is* an interference engine.
>>>
>>
>> It's not. Just let folks that have broken their belts answer and that
>> way there's no confusion.
>
>
> Is that true specifically of 94's? I may have read discussions on this
> in the past in which it was concluded (at least by some) that certain
> years were iterference, others were not (even though the Gates guide
> shows them all as interfeence).
Only the aluminum-block 2nd-gen engine is *possibly* interference (and
I'm not SURE that it is). The first-gen iron-block engine (1993-1997) is
DEFINITELY NOT an interference engine.