The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain

Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by colhom on Saturday June 11, 2016 @07:36PM (#11885914)

It's actually a valve and a piston you have to worry about. At normal engine speeds the valves will simply snap shut if the cam stops spinning.

Valves slapping piston is generally only a worry with an interference engine design.[1]

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference_engine

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by Tiksi on Saturday June 11, 2016 @07:57PM (#11885971)

Yeah, I was thinking of interference engines, especially OHC/OHV Interference designs. "Timing belt failure" is deeply anchored to Honda engines in my mind, which are pretty much all interference.

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by Infernal on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:28PM (#11886352)

My '08 Honda Fit may be interference, but it also has a timing chain that /should/ require no maintenance for the life of the car.

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