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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 2005Timeing belt
Can the upper timeing belt cover be removed by removing the valve cover to uncover enough of the timeing belt to inspect it? > Can the upper timeing belt cover be removed by > removing the valve cover to uncover enough of > the timeing belt to inspect it? That works on my '91 Civic. I don't know what you are looking to inspect exactly, but remember that you can't really judge the age of the belt by inspecting it. Mark Thanks Mark I just bought this 94 Civic from a guy who had a mechanic install a 95 used engine in it. I don't know if this mechanic installed a new timeing belt or not, I think I can tell if the belt is new or has 80000 miles. All the hoses are new so I'm hopeing the belt is too :-) Ernie >Thanks Mark >I just bought this 94 Civic from a guy who had a mechanic [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >has >80000 miles. All the hoses are new so I'm hopeing the belt is too :-) As Chopface says, you can't tell a brand new belt from an old one by inspection. They look just the same. Get hold of that mechanic and ask. OK guys I have had good advice from this group before so I will just change it so I will know for sure. Thanks Ernie >OK guys I have had good advice from this group before >so I will just change it so I will know for sure. Another poster said it only takes 20 minutes to do. If that is accurate, I would just change the belt and have peace of mind. --------------- Alex >>OK guys I have had good advice from this group before >>so I will just change it so I will know for sure. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > --------------- > Alex ------------------------ With air tools and a hoist, I could do a TIMING BELT in under 200 minutes. That must be a typo. Somebody around here said 1.5 hours, I think, but he does them very regularly . . . . An ALTERNATOR belt is more like a 20 minute job. It's not 'invasive'. 'Curly' Thanks Mark I just bought this 94 Civic from a guy who had a mechanic install a 95 used engine in it. I don't know if this mechanic installed a new timeing belt or not, I think I can tell if the belt is new or has 80000 miles. All the hoses are new so I'm hopeing the belt is too :-) Ernie >Thanks Mark >I just bought this 94 Civic from a guy who had a mechanic [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >80000 miles. All the hoses are new so I'm hopeing the belt is too :-) >Ernie you can tell if the belt is newer or not. it runs on a backside tensioner, so see if the writing is still legible, or if it's a 94 it's only a 20 minute job to replace the belt anyway., Chip |
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