hello, I have a question. I have opened the cam shaft pulley cover on a 2000 honda civic lx 3.0 v6 . The car has 156000 miles showing. I see that the timing marks are painted white. Do they come from the factory that way? I have no maintenance records on this car, and am prepared to do the timing belt job but if I can post pone it, that would be great.
Charles

 

I guess what I was wanting to know is are the marks painted white from the factory? if not someone has already done the water pump, belts and idlers as all is looking good and no rough spots on any of the rollers.
charles

 

Some timing belts do have factory-applied markings. Most honda belts I've used don't. I would not rely on paint marks to decide. Downside of broken timing belt is very big vs. one day of hard diy work to replace.

good luck

 

I think you meant Accord, not civic???