Interferance engin or not?

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May-21st-2004, 04:00 PM

vtfan

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Interferance engin or not?

Question, is the 2.0L dohc TLEV engine an interferance or non interferance?
The engine is in a 2001 protege mp3.
Need to know for future projects.

May-21st-2004, 04:35 PM

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no it isn't.

May-24th-2004, 08:35 AM

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only 2 mazda interference 4cyl engines ever F2 and F2T

May-24th-2004, 04:49 PM

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thanks!

May-25th-2004, 08:56 AM

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what does interferance mean???

May-25th-2004, 09:04 AM

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An interference engine means that the valves must remain timed properly or they will come into contact with the piston on it's compression stroke. A non-interference engie can lose a timing belt and be ok.....an interference engine will lose a timing belt and poop every valve on the head.