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11 Dec 2006, 08:46 am
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Re: check timing belt
Needs replaced for the time factor, no matter how it looks
"wp51dos" <wp51dos@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1165841871.393694.269560@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com... > 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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11 Dec 2006, 11:44 am
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Re: check timing belt
wp51dos wrote:
> 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 Yeah, you won't be able to tell anything by looking. Maybe if you totally removed it, then you see whether it had cracks or any of the teeth were worn - but then you'd have most of the work done to just replace it! Not sure about the Honda recommendations but 60k - 80k is the usual replacement period. Dan D '07 Odyssey Central NJ USA
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11 Dec 2006, 01:27 pm
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Re: check timing belt
"wp51dos" <wp51dos@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1165841871.393694.269560
@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > 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 > 7 years or 105K miles. You're past due for a belt change, period. A visual inspection will tell you absolutely zero. The car will run just perfect, right up to the moment the belt snaps and the valves get destroyed. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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11 Dec 2006, 07:54 pm
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Re: check timing belt
"wp51dos" <wp51dos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1165841871.393694.269560@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com... > 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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14 Dec 2006, 10:34 pm
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Re: Visual check timing belt
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 Michael Pardee wrote: > "wp51dos" <wp51dos@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1165841871.393694.269560@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com... >> 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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15 Dec 2006, 07:41 am
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Re: Visual check timing belt
"Speedy Pete" <speedythetrash.pete@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:AJogh.9688$Z67.4069@trndny02... > Just to echo that you cant always see if it needs checking- One car that > when I looked at the belt, it looked ok. Then I took it off anyway. I > found the "teeth" on the inside edge were GONE! > > -Pete > > Yow! I changed a timing belt in a Volvo once (way overdue, but a non-interference engine) and although it looked okay the teeth could be picked off the belt with my thumbnail. I've personally never seen a broken timing belt, but I've seen belts fail because teeth were missing. Every one looked okay otherwise. Mike
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15 Dec 2006, 01:32 pm
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Re: Visual check timing belt
In article <ULadnQ25FqriBR_YnZ2dnUVZ_r-onZ2d@sedona.net>,
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote: > "Speedy Pete" <speedythetrash.pete@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:AJogh.9688$Z67.4069@trndny02... > > 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 Missing teeth is the normal failure mode... even though people most often say 'broken belt' Erik
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30 Dec 2006, 05:39 pm
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Re: Visual check timing belt
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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30 Dec 2006, 08:46 pm
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Re: Visual check timing belt
"wp51dos" <wp51dos@gmail.com> wrote in news:1167518352.750613.280120@
48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com: > > thanks for input. > > I pulled cover anyway and checked belt as thorughly as I could > including trying to pick teeth off of it. Silly boy. Can't tell ANYthing that way. > > 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. That's not smart. > > Who knows car might be sold or stolen before then. > > Hopefully before the belt snaps. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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