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#1 (**permalink**) 07 Dec 2006, 11:55 am

Honda is telling me that I should have them perform a $250 valve adjustment
on my 99 Accord V6 in addition to the $780 timing belt replacement that I'm
having done today. The odometer reads 88K miles. Is the valve adjustment
really worth $250? Is it something I should attempt myself? (I have always
adjusted the valves myself on my old Toyota 4cyl pickup). I told them to
hold off on the valve adjustment for now.
TIA,
M.Paul

#2 (**permalink**) 07 Dec 2006, 02:40 pm

The valve adjustment should only cost you a little in labour, alot of
duplication when doing the t-belt.

M.Paul wrote:
>Honda is telling me that I should have them perform a $250 valve adjustment
>on my 99 Accord V6 in addition to the $780 timing belt replacement that I'm
>having done today. The odometer reads 88K miles. Is the valve adjustment
>really worth $250? Is it something I should attempt myself? (I have always
>adjusted the valves myself on my old Toyota 4cyl pickup). I told them to
>hold off on the valve adjustment for now.
>TIA,
>M.Paul

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#3 (**permalink**) 08 Dec 2006, 11:35 am

M.Paul wrote:
> Honda is telling me that I should have them perform a $250 valve adjustment
> on my 99 Accord V6 in addition to the $780 timing belt replacement that I'm
> having done today. The odometer reads 88K miles. Is the valve adjustment
> really worth $250? Is it something I should attempt myself? (I have always
> adjusted the valves myself on my old Toyota 4cyl pickup). I told them to
> hold off on the valve adjustment for now.
> TIA,
> M.Paul
>
>

What does your owner's manual say? The manual for our '03 Accord says
to have the valves adjusted only if they get noisy.

John

#4 (**permalink**) 10 Dec 2006, 10:47 pm

M.Paul wrote:
> Honda is telling me that I should have them perform a $250 valve adjustment
> on my 99 Accord V6 in addition to the $780 timing belt replacement that I'm
> having done today. The odometer reads 88K miles. Is the valve adjustment
> really worth $250? Is it something I should attempt myself? (I have always
> adjusted the valves myself on my old Toyota 4cyl pickup). I told them to
> hold off on the valve adjustment for now.
> TIA,
> M.Paul
>
>

The dealer is trying to screw you.

a

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