Q: My timing belt broke while idelin an in park. Could there be damage to the vavles
My timing belt broke while in park an idelin I heard no noises jus car shuts off an didn't restart... Could valves be bent or is it a non interference engine
My car has 188000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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