Technical Interference or non

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Hi,

I wasn't raising this topic to upset anyone or to insult anybody's intelligence regarding these engines.

My main concern was that FIAT FIRE engines (8v and non vvt) were/are considered by nearly all members to be of a non-interference nature. Which is fine, however I'm worried that some people may leave their timing belt until it's too late thus resulting in damage.

Therefore, stumbling across the info from Honest John (after he spoke to the Fiat engine designer for the 1.2) and Autodata, I was literally just putting the word out there.

Matt.

Which is a fair point, my only comment is though, in the years of the FIRE engine being about, and with so many posts etc on this forum, why are there next to none about bent values etc when a timing belt has snapped?