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I have 1999 Lexus ES300 with V6. If my timing belt snaps, is that going to cause big damage to my engine?

April 26, 2017cars es300 Lexus maintenance repairs timing Transportation v6

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I have 1999 Lexus ES300 with V6. If my timing belt snaps, is that going to cause big damage to my engine?

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No. When the belt snaps the crankshaft can no longer spin the camshaft, which makes the pushrods go up and down, which opens and closes your valves for your intake and exhaust. The only thing that will happen is that your car will cease to run. For a ’99 Lexus, only the 4.0 DOHC and the 4.7 DOHC are intferference types, fortunately not the 3.0. Replace your belt every 60,000 miles! Go to gates.com for all engine application and interference/non-interference differences.