2.4l 4cyl - is it an interference engine?

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jcs444dixmyth@yahoo.com - 30 Jun 2007 16:06 GMT

I am about to change the head gasket on my 1998 caravan with the 2.4l
4cyl and want to know if this is an interference engine. I've read
conflicting answers.

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Ted Mittelstaedt - 30 Jun 2007 16:57 GMT

> I am about to change the head gasket on my 1998 caravan with the 2.4l
> 4cyl and want to know if this is an interference engine. I've read
> conflicting answers.

Gates company has a chart somewhere on their website (they make timing
belts)

Why not just treat it like an interference engine? In other words, paint
indicator
marks on the timing pulleys and the belt, and do what you can not to spin
the
crank or cam while the head is off the engine?

Ted

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Bill Putney - 30 Jun 2007 17:39 GMT

>>I am about to change the head gasket on my 1998 caravan with the 2.4l
>>4cyl and want to know if this is an interference engine. I've read
>>conflicting answers.
>
> Gates company has a chart somewhere on their website...

http://www.gates.com/downloads/download_common.cfm?file=TBR05.pdf&folder=brochure
(give it time to download)

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

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maxpower - 30 Jun 2007 19:17 GMT

> I am about to change the head gasket on my 1998 caravan with the 2.4l
> 4cyl and want to know if this is an interference engine. I've read
> conflicting answers.

Free wheeling valve train

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

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philthy - 01 Jul 2007 16:35 GMT

it's not

> I am about to change the head gasket on my 1998 caravan with the 2.4l
> 4cyl and want to know if this is an interference engine. I've read
> conflicting answers.

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