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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2007timing belt replacement update
Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the job he gave me a free oil change. Total cost: $400. Old timing belt was immaculate. No cracks at all. Flexible, strong and all the teeth were present. Probably would have lasted another 50K miles (I had 155K miles on the car). Water pump looked like it just came out of the box. No corrosion, and spun like brand new. Probably could have gone another year...BUT the alternative...if the belt broke...would have been worse. > Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he > did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the > job he gave me a free oil change. > > Total cost: $400. Good mechanic if he didn't charge you in accordance with that sign we've all seen: Labor $65/hour If you watch $75/hour If you help $95/hour If you supervise $125/hour <g> > Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he > did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Probably could have gone another year...BUT the alternative...if the > belt broke...would have been worse. What year/model/mileage? > On Sep 19, 8:59 pm, wf3h <w...@vsswireless.net> wrote:> Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he > > did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What year/model/mileage? keep forgetting that.... 2000 honda CRV 155K miles > Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he > did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > all the teeth were present. Probably would have lasted another 50K > miles (I had 155K miles on the car). T-belts usually look fine until they fail. Eric > Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he > did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Probably could have gone another year...BUT the alternative...if the > belt broke...would have been worse. I went 180K on the OEM timing belt and pump, 90% Interstate driving. I'd bet I could have gone 250k, but I began worrying about the risk so much it was worth it to have it done and start sleeping well again. :-0 >> Went to the garage and looked over the shoulder of the mechanic as he >> did timing belt and water pump replacement. He ran so long doing the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >I could have gone 250k, but I began worrying about the risk so much it was >worth it to have it done and start sleeping well again. :-0 There will also be stories of thopse who have wrecked an engine after 60,000 miles on a camshft belt. What does that prove? Clearly the menufacturers' recommendations for changing a belt will be conservative as are all service intervals. > There will also be stories of thopse who have wrecked an engine after > 60,000 miles on a camshft belt. What does that prove? Clearly the > menufacturers' recommendations for changing a belt will be conservative > as are all service intervals. And the potential cost of ignoring it is far greater than the cost of having the service performed, just like all areas of maintenance.  SignatureJoe - Registered Linux User #449481 joe at hits - buffalo dot com "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the time..." - Danny, American History X |
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