Honda Car Forum

Okay,So the other day I posted a question asking whether or not it was my clutch gone. So, today, the bucking finally stopped; only not how you'd expect it to. I had just finished parking my car, backing it into my driveway, and i was listening to the engine idle weirdly, (idling normally, but suddenly dropping its RPMs for a split second, then returning to normal, and repeating) the engine cut out completely. It was in neutral, parked with the handbrake on. So I tried to start it again, and no luck, and no luck for countless more tries. Anyway, I leave the car, and later today, I had a mechanic come observe the car, and right away concluded it would be a failure of the timing belt. I have an appt for Tuesday of next week to get this inspected. Please post comments / Concerns / Opinions!this has nothing to do with the clutch - i'm just keeping the title.Original clutch / Original Timing BeltCar has 130,000kms NOT miles, kilometers.

that would explain the bucking. as the timing stretches, it throw the timing off and changes how the engine is running. all this being said Hondas have interference engines, which means that when a timing belt goes, valve to piston damage is most apt to occur. good luck on tuesday.

whens the last time u got a new timing belt?

timing belt should have been changed at 80,000...no wonder you're having problems. (read the manual for service...)

Is it a honda? if not timing then i would say MAIN RELAY

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.