Taurus question
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Laughing Gas
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From: Bartlett, TN
My mother-in-law has a 2000 Taurus. I know its not an SHO. I think it is the SOHC. I just broke the timing belt on my Chrysler Sebring and most likely ruined my engine. It was running good until it broke. She had to do that as well to a Nissan she used to have and I have brought a "scare" into her and my wife.
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The SHO model line ended in '99.
Fortunately for me, the DOHC V6 SHO engine is "non interference", so if/when the timing belt fails, the engine just quits until a new one is put on (although I can't say replacing it is all that easy).
FWIW, this is what the original belt looked like when I took it off my SHO after one such incident:
BTW, sorry to hear about that Sebring motor...
Fortunately for me, the DOHC V6 SHO engine is "non interference", so if/when the timing belt fails, the engine just quits until a new one is put on (although I can't say replacing it is all that easy).
FWIW, this is what the original belt looked like when I took it off my SHO after one such incident:
BTW, sorry to hear about that Sebring motor...
Last edited by Rockledge; Sep 19, 2006 at 05:56 PM.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Bartlett, TN
Originally Posted by Rockledge
The SHO model line ended in '99.
Fotunately for me, the DOHC V6 SHO engine is "non interference", so if/when the timing belt fails, the engine just quits until a new one is put on
BTW, sorry to hear about that Sebring motor...
Fotunately for me, the DOHC V6 SHO engine is "non interference", so if/when the timing belt fails, the engine just quits until a new one is put on
BTW, sorry to hear about that Sebring motor...
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Originally Posted by Fifty4F100
The Sebring IS an interference engine! I'll find out more as I get into the head. Looks like I should have held out for a 'stang!
IMO, if an OEM design is such that the motor is considered "interference", then that fact alone warrants a chain. Belts are for non-interference engines. Seems pretty obvious to me, actually.
BTW, the DOHC V8 SHOs ('96-'99) are interference engines, and even though they use chains, that still doesn't prevent the valves/pistons/heads from blowing to pieces when the cam sprockets themselves slip.
So if your mother-in-law had purchased, say a '99 SHO, then she would indeed have had something to worry about.http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/SHOStopperDetroitFreePress.htm
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Originally Posted by Rockledge
Not if it's a '89-'95 Taurus SHO. 
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