turning honda civic engine backwards?

hi there,i have a 2001 1.6L civic with manual gearbox. i have a habit
of leaving it in gear when parked on a slope as additional safety.

one day this week i parked on an exceptionally steep gradient, car
facing upward towards the peak. appartently i hadnt pulled the
handbrake tight enough and as i released the footbrake the car slid
back a foot.the car would slow down every few inches where i assume a
compression stroke was being done.

my car still works fine but i still wonder: does direction of rotation
matter in modern cambelt engines?

thx

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:19:35 -0800, beerismygas wrote:

> hi there,i have a 2001 1.6L civic with manual gearbox. i have a habit of
> leaving it in gear when parked on a slope as additional safety.
>
> one day this week i parked on an exceptionally steep gradient, car
> facing upward towards the peak. appartently i hadnt pulled the
> handbrake tight enough and as i released the footbrake the car slid back
> a foot.the car would slow down every few inches where i assume a
> compression stroke was being done.
>
> my car still works fine but i still wonder: does direction of rotation
> matter in modern cambelt engines?
>
> thx

if the belt is loose, you can skip a cam tooth. but you'd notice if that
had happened.

>if the belt is loose, you can skip a cam tooth. but you'd notice if that
>had happened.

couldnt this also happen when bump starting a car?


car manufacturers should consider a valid possiblility for a driver to
be driving up a very steep gradient, car stalls and moves back a bit
turning the engine backward for a few rotations till driver brakes the
car.

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:18:10 -0800, beerismygas wrote:

>>if the belt is loose, you can skip a cam tooth. but you'd notice if
>>that had happened.
>
> couldnt this also happen when bump starting a car?
>
>
> car manufacturers should consider a valid possiblility for a driver to
> be driving up a very steep gradient, car stalls and moves back a bit
> turning the engine backward for a few rotations till driver brakes the
> car.

so why don't weld the wheels on then? that would stop them falling off if
we can't assume competent trained technicians do their job properly.