On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:03:55 -0000, Toy Ota wrote:

On 12/13/18 3:24 PM, Fred Johnson wrote:
Why do half of cars still use a rubber band for the timing chain?

So their crooked service departments can charge $800+ to change it every 75K miles.

Wow, it's only £380 here in the UK at even the most expensive garage.

Rubber-band timing on an interference engine is a criminal act.

Agreed. In fact why even have interference engines? Half of engines are not interference and don't die when a the belt snaps.

And you'd think they shouldn't even have a belt or chain for something like that? What's wrong with cogs?