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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 20092001 Accord LX 4 cyl stndard
My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump changed. I was also told that failure to do this could destroy the engine if the timing belt failed. Is he right? Also, how many miles for this maintence? Some sites seem to say after 60k -- in which case I'm driving on borrowed time here, and others say 100k. Thanks, Dylan On 1/17/09 5:21 PM, in article gJtcl.71614$4M4.29218@newsfe02.iad, "poet" > My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my > mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dylan Its due just about now - Honda specifies 105k miles. It is an interference engine, so if the belt should break, there would likely be engine damage, but you're probably not on "borrowed time" for a while yet. Your mechanic is probably correct, time-wise. Hondas typically have 105K mile timing belt intervals. The 2001-04 1.7L Civics, however, have 110K mile intervals. (According to the Gates Timing Guide. I must add there are occasional errors with their new data source). That said, you may be over by ~ 1 year, depending on when the car was first put into service. I think it's 7-years/110K miles? So check your manual. While at it, change out the water pump, crank/cam oil seals, and all belts too. Good time for a new thermostat, radiator cap, and at least two radiator hoses (if not all cooling system hoses) since the cooling system has to be drained. Get a "package price" in advance so they don't nickel and dime you after its apart. Also, according to the Gates guide, the engine is *interference*. So engine damage can occur when the piston smashes into the valves. See "interference engine": http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=2256&location_id=3487 > My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my > mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dylan Thanks to both of you for the replies. Good information to have when I bring the car in -- probably this week. I've had the same mechanic for about 8 years and he's pretty good when it comes to repairs (not a fix one thing break another type). Dylan > Your mechanic is probably correct, time-wise. Hondas typically have > 105K mile timing belt intervals. The 2001-04 1.7L Civics, however, [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> Dylan > > I've had the same mechanic for about 8 years and he's pretty good when it comes > to > > repairs (not a fix one thing break another type).- You sound like a good customer that does not take advantage of your mechanic with a case of the "sence-U"s..... -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... > My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my > mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump changed. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 60k -- in which case I'm driving on borrowed time here, and others say > 100k. Not sure about 2001. More recent models use timing chains and replacing the chain is not even in the maintenance schedule. I would imagine they last for a long long time. Well I finally did an RTFM and it has 105k miles for the replacement. Should have done this in the first place. Hate spending the $ but this is a must. It's a great car and I want to keep it that way. >> My car has about 104k on it and after the last oil change (every 3k) my >> mechanic told me that I needed to have the timing belt/water pump changed. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > chain is not even in the maintenance schedule. I would imagine they last for > a long long time. |
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