tjmisner

Thank you for allthe timely responses...it helped! If anyone here ever has a question about geology, let me know! Eric

Help! I am not especially mechanically inclined, and was hoping the good folks here could help me out. Story is kind of long, sorry... I have a 97 Legacy Brighton wagon. I had the timing belt replaced, then two weeks later had the smell of burning oil coming from under the engine somewhere. Took the car back to shop to find out they forgot to replace the oil pump gasket when they did the tbelt. They claimed that is where the oil was coming from, then leaking out some other seal near the front of the engine (?). Then 2 months later, I'm driving and the engine dies. Turns out the cam was not getting oil (? -plugged tiny little hole??), it seized, destroyed new timing belt. Garage fixed one side of engine (with seized cam), put it all together, started it, and determined there was a loss of compression on the OTHER side of engine. They tear it apart, to find bent valves (?). Im out $2000. !!! What is your take on this?? They told me the engine was non-interference...does this make sense?? thanks in advance, a newbie.