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Car Forum / Honda Cars / December 2005how do I check and set timing on a 96 honda accord?
I just put a new timing belt, cap, rotor, plugs and wires. car now drives rough, sounds like it is asking for way to much air!. lost a lot of power!. I beleive it is the timing. I do not know how to check or set the timing, can someone please help? You sure you didn't install the belt a tooth off? For checking the timing, buy a Chilton's manual. Ebay sells them at a bargain. Most public libraries have Chilton's for 1990s Hondas, too. Alternatively, you can probably get a good guess at the instructions using the following: www.autozone.com 's free repair guides (unfortunately, the manuals only go up to 1995 models) http://www.honda.co.uk/car/owner/workshop.html Look for the steps under "tune ups" or "engine electrical" or similar. Don't take at face value that the 95 Accord is identical to the 96 Accord, though. Chances are they are, for the purposes of setting the timing, but it's never a good idea to assume. The steps actually look identical to those for my 91 Civic, except the service check connector is located a bit differently. Do you have a timing light? I hope all those parts you installed are OEM. :-) > I just put a new timing belt, cap, rotor, plugs and wires. car now > drives rough, sounds like it is asking for way to much air!. lost a lot > of power!. I beleive it is the timing. I do not know how to check or > set the timing, can someone please help? thank you! > I just put a new timing belt, cap, rotor, plugs and wires. car now > drives rough, sounds like it is asking for way to much air!. lost a lot > of power!. I beleive it is the timing. I do not know how to check or > set the timing, can someone please help? Are the new parts OEM? Also, as Elle suggested, perhaps the new timing belt is off a tooth? no they are not OEM. I supose thats makes a big difference? I think it might be off a tooth aswell. > no they are not OEM. I supose thats makes a big difference? I think it > might be off a tooth aswell. im thinking its off a tooth as well. non-OEM wouldnt necessarily cause this... just make it necessary to do the job over again sooner. maybe. Gates makes good belts, and there are some decent water pump suppliers. id likely trust anything from NAPA over autozone-quality stuff. > no they are not OEM. I supose thats makes a big difference? I think it > might be off a tooth aswell. I don't know if the belt has to be OEM, but OEM is recommended for the spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. Bones, of course your first concern should be seeing if the belt is off a tooth via checking the timing and see if it can't be adjusted to spec via the distributor housing. But for the archives and for you future reference, and from my reading here of people's car problems as well as some of my own experience with my 91 Civic, my sense is that using non-OEM wires, cap, rotor and plugs is that they shorten the life of the igniter and ignition coil as well as have shortened lives themselves. I am frugal but I feel I've learned the hard way to spend the few extra bucks for OEM distributor/ignition parts. > no they are not OEM. I supose thats makes a big difference? I think it > might be off a tooth aswell. > Bones, of course your first concern should be seeing if the > belt is off a tooth via checking the timing and see if it > can't be adjusted to spec via the distributor housing. This won't get the valve timing corrected if indeed the belt is off by a tooth (or more...).  SignatureGraham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ PGM-FI page updated, Graphics Tutorial WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter. |
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