thanks for the insight folks....

now , how much can I expect the job to cost at a honda dealer shop ? --and
should I do the water pump @ same time?

I dont have the time to look for someone who could do the job ''on the side''
for much less -so i'd prefer to get soaked by the dealer.

great service tech though -he's very honest


Elle wrote:
>"TE Cheah" <no@spam.biz> wrote
>E
>> | It's due at 100k km "if
>> | regularly driven in very low temp (-29 C, -20 F)"
>> Isn't the type of belt ( nitrile / chloroprene ) relevant ?
>
>I assume the manuals assume the owner is using an OEM belt.
>
>Feel free to assume something else.
>
>> | This group does get reports of broken timing belts.
>> My F20A's original t-belt broke @79980 km, I had to buy a 5yr old
>> F20A engine fr japan. >1 mechanic said t-belts ( in this climate ) must
>> be replaced by 70000 km :
>
>Never heard of this for a Honda driven in the U.S. or
>Canada. That's based on a lot of reading of manuals and
>posts here over the last few years.
>
>> sounds true ; my Mitsubishi 4G15P's original
>> t-belt started to crack, by 76958 km, far < the 100000km prescribed by
>> honda / mitsubishi.

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