avalon2000 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I have a 2000 Avalon. I checked up the website to see if it had an interferece engine..And the answer was all over the place! For starters, Gates says it is interference. However, it also says that the same 1mz-fe engine is non interferece on Camrys 1998-2004 but it is interferece on same year Soloras. http://www.gates.com/downloads/download_co...folder=brochure This made no sense to me so I kept looking. Then I found another website with Gates name, where it says all 1mz-fe engines are interference except those on Lexus! http://www.ronananian.com/pages/timing%20b...ent%20guide.pdf (This has Gates name on it, but is not on Gates website.) This does not make any sense to me either. Some say it becomes interference if it is VVTI. Then some Toyoya/Lexus techs say that is not true. And he further says he works on Lexus/Toyotas but has never seen any engine damaged from a breaking timing belt. If you google "1mz-fe interference " you will see what I mean. It seems like dealers tend to think they are non interference, am I right? Please comment... Thanks alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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