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Old 24 Apr 2008, 10:01 pm
jkrmn jkrmn is offline
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Normally a Honda timing belt is good for 90,000 miles [145,000km]. I've owned many Honda's and have always driven 90,000 miles between timing belt changes. If the car is many years old then mileage isn't the only thing to be concerned about. I would not drive more than 10 years on the same belt and even less than that if the car sits for long periods of time especially in a dry climate. Since it is a 2001 then it isn't that old. I heard that there were problems with later model Hondas and the timing belts. I never owned one newer than a 1994. I understand that the latest models now have timing chains instead of belts.A failed tensioner can have the same result. That isn't likely unless you have very high mileage on the vehicle which you don't.Either way the result is the same and almost always results in at least one bent valve.I once owned a 1974 Fiat 124 sedan and it had 2 timing belts that had to be changed every 25,000 miles. I knew of someone that had a belt brake at 23,000 on the same model car.
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