# you instantly lose all acceleration # the engine quits # the pistons may have "kissed" the valves (engine rebuild) # you need alternate transporation
Routine maintenance and repair could have prevented this from happening. Cars need regular care just as do our bodies in order to remain healthy and dependable. What may have seemed like a trivial repair then may now cost thousands when with routine work it may have been less than a hundred dollars.
It does not have a belt, it has a chain.
The 1996 Geo Tracker 1.6 liter engine timing marks can be found on the outside of the main pulley. The timing marks will be scattered around the pulley.
This sounds like what happens when your timing belt breaks.
It can. It just depends where the parts are when it breaks.
timing belts are usually changed every 100,000 miles and you should be go to go
e is for the exaust stroke......i is for ignition stroke......i is the one you are looking for
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Flat Tracker was created in 1996.
Yes! The 1996 Ford Probe 2.0 is an Interference Engine. Serious engine damage will occur if the belt breaks. Replace the belt every 60,000 miles.
check the timing belt. or on the 1996-1998 the crankshaft bolt comes loose and shears woodruff key in crank shaft.
there are 2 timing gears one on the cam (top) cog, and the bottom cog the bottom cog torque spec was revised in 1996 at the 17mm bolt, to 94/ft/lbs
Yes! This is an interference engine and damage to the valves, head, pistons, is likely if the belt breaks. Replace the belt at 90,000 miles.