Does anyone know if the 2001 2.5L 6 cyl has interference or non-interference valves/heads? Timing belt broke while driving home yesterday. Cranked it several times with it broken before I figured out why it died...

 

NON interference. change the tensioner, too. i bet that is why it broke/jumped

 

sorry it took so long to close this thread...bought a new timing belt kit from mazda dealership that included belt and all pulleys (best price, imagine that) and put back in. Fyi, the timing marks on the valve cams are tricky as the pics in the haynes manual help, but the left one is hard to see. When it is aligned correctly, there is another set of marks not shown in the manual almost perpendicular to the shaft that line up perfectly. Runs like it used to. Thanks for the help. TRES