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Tiny
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92 mercury tracer, 1.9 4cyl. Can the valves be bent trying to start this when the timing belt is broke?
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 AT 6:16 PM

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Tiny
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Mitchell 1 has a caution not to rotate engine with belt off, this would indicate that this is an interference type engine and valve damage may result in a broken belt, slip on a belt and do a comp check to make sure.

Mark (mhpautos)
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