Wow, our friend Alistor just posted this New Year's Day 2011 V6 engine failure......what caused this you ask?............the timing chain broke:
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All you need is a new engine! Happy New Year!
It's funny, but of the 5 cars I have owned, the only timing chain/belt I ever had fail was actually a timing CHAIN just like Alistor. It was on an otherwise awesome 4CYL Mitsubishi engine, but it was a timing CHAIN, not a belt. It completely destroyed my engine.
Just some food for thought for all you V8 haters who constantly use the chain vs. belt argument.