ALL 88+ Civic motors are interference type.



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Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
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"Mark Reichow" <svshootingstar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Tegger®" <teggeratistopdotcom@changetheobvious.invalid> wrote in message
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> > Eric Cantin <va3erc@ZZva3ercZZ.ca> melodiously murmured in
> > news:z3Kdnaj-KbWsZQyiXTWJlg@magma.ca:
> >
> > > Haynes is even better. Haynes = dealer service manual.
> >
> >
> >
> > The factory manual is worlds ahead of Haynes. There is NO comparison.
>
> The offical Honda shop manual is the Helm manual (much better), not
> Haynes. And changing the timing belt, which is the belt that drives
> the water pump, IS NOT an easy job. If you do change the timing belt,
> change the water pump at the same time since when the pump fails it
> will destroy the belt as well. The good news is that if your '89
> Civic still has the stock motor (non-Vtec), it's a non-interferance
> mtor and the valve train has about a 95% chance of survival.