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In a 1998 Ford Escort :
Yes , the SOHC engine IS an interference engine
No , the DOHC engine IS NOT an interference engine
( according to Gates - they make timing belts etc. )
I just broke a timing belt on my 98 Escort SOHC. (Aug 29, 2010) I have gotten mixed answers on the internet as to whether or not it is an interference engine. Even the Gates website says two different things. Finally, I called Ford Service, three different dealerships. All three said very definitively that it is *not* an interference engine...that I should be able to stick a new timing belt on it and be good to go. One dealership said that Ford hasn't made an interference engine for *any* model in twenty years.."we make them better than that" he said.
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No it is not
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No , it's an interference engine ( according to the Gates website )
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( No ) not according to the Gates website ( they make timing belts etcetera ) The 2.0 liter four cylinder engine in a 1997 Ford Escort IS AN INTERFERENCE ENGINE
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No , according to the Gates website ( they make timing belts etcetera ) the 2.0 liter four cylinder engine in a 1997 Ford Escort is an INTERFERENCE ENGINE
