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Re: Visual check timing belt
| wp51dos | 30 Dec 2006 22:39 |
thanks for input.
I pulled cover anyway and checked belt as thorughly as I could
including trying to pick teeth off of it.
I don't have access to impact wrench so I will wait with crossed
fingers until seals etc leak, then tackle job using old time tools.
Who knows car might be sold or stolen before then.
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| Erik | 15 Dec 2006 18:32 |
> > Just to echo that you cant always see if it needs checking- One car that
> > when I looked at the belt, it looked ok. Then I took it off anyway. I
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> Mike
Missing teeth is the normal failure mode... even though people most
often say 'broken belt'
Erik
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| Michael Pardee | 15 Dec 2006 12:41 |
> Just to echo that you cant always see if it needs checking- One car that
> when I looked at the belt, it looked ok. Then I took it off anyway. I
> found the "teeth" on the inside edge were GONE!
>
> -Pete
Yow! I changed a timing belt in a Volvo once (way overdue, but a
non-interference engine) and although it looked okay the teeth could be
picked off the belt with my thumbnail. I've personally never seen a broken
timing belt, but I've seen belts fail because teeth were missing. Every one
looked okay otherwise.
Mike
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| Speedy Pete | 15 Dec 2006 03:34 |
Just to echo that you cant always see if it needs checking- One car that
when I looked at the belt, it looked ok. Then I took it off anyway. I
found the "teeth" on the inside edge were GONE!
-Pete
>> 98 Civic DX. I want to check timing belt. Car has 60,000 miles. I
>> checked online repair manual. Looks like I need to remove valve cover
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> Mike |
| Michael Pardee | 12 Dec 2006 00:54 |
> 98 Civic DX. I want to check timing belt. Car has 60,000 miles. I
> checked online repair manual. Looks like I need to remove valve cover
> first then upper timing belt cover. Is this correct ? Thank you
What TeGGeR says - the belt must be replaced. It will probably look fine but
it is not to be trusted with the life of your engine. There is no reliable
visual indication of timing belt condition.
Mike
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| wp51dos | 11 Dec 2006 12:57 |
98 Civic DX. I want to check timing belt. Car has 60,000 miles. I
checked online repair manual. Looks like I need to remove valve cover
first then upper timing belt cover. Is this correct ? Thank you
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