will a broken timing belt in a 1999 ford contour kill the engine?

my car broke down while i was driving, in the middle of a turn. it shut off and the oil and battery light came on. it made no noise, it just stalled out, and now wont start again. iwas told it could be the timing belt. i was also told that if your timing belt goes while driving it will mess up your engine, possibly destroying it. is this true? if the timing belt did break, would it just stall out like that with no warning?

2009-05-15T19:07:29Z

car has a 2.0 L Zetec I4 125 hp (97 kW) engine

2009-05-15T19:13:58Z

i read that the Zetec is a non-interference motor. thanks for saying something about that now i have some hope that the cars not SOL!

mustanger2009-05-15T19:06:18Z

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For an engine to run it needs compression, fuel, air, spark and timing. No timing belt = no timing = no run. It depends on the car as to whether it will mess up the engine or not. The way some are designed for clearance it will bend valves or knock holes in the tops of the pistons and some will not do any damage.

?2016-12-11T15:21:58Z

Ford Contour 1999

Anonymous2016-03-18T03:02:30Z

FIRSTLY DO NOT START IT! Replacing the belt wow that would be the last thing on my mind of that happened to me, I think you have other problems now because those engines have interference heads as far as I know which means if the valve is fully open then the piston can/will hit it. Get that to the garage as soon as possible and like I said, do not start it because you may be lucky and only need new valves but will still need the heads coming off but you start it then you could cause even more damage. 'will the belt just slide right on the pulleys?' That made me laugh but you'll cry when you see what has actually happened and the bill to get it repaired. Also the autozone guy needs a bullet because he obviously knows **** all about cars or/and engines and is supposed to be a professional.

Karmen2015-08-19T10:34:03Z

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