Is it time to change the timing belt?
#1
Is it time to change the timing belt?
Hey everybody,
I'm new here, but I figured who better to help me than a bunch of Honda Accord enthusiasts.
I have a 1999 Honda Accord Coupe EX-V6 AT (from Vancouver-Canada). It is a rebuild (body work only).
Current: 100800 kilometers / 63000 miles
Honda Canada recommends that I replace the timing belt at 7yrs/105k miles (168k KM).. or 60k miles (100k KM) in -20 Celcius (Vancouver is generally -10 Celcius in the winter at most).
Basically, is it 60000miles or 100000miles?
Should I replace it now, or is it safe to wait till the Fall?
I'm new here, but I figured who better to help me than a bunch of Honda Accord enthusiasts.
I have a 1999 Honda Accord Coupe EX-V6 AT (from Vancouver-Canada). It is a rebuild (body work only).
Current: 100800 kilometers / 63000 miles
Honda Canada recommends that I replace the timing belt at 7yrs/105k miles (168k KM).. or 60k miles (100k KM) in -20 Celcius (Vancouver is generally -10 Celcius in the winter at most).
Basically, is it 60000miles or 100000miles?
Should I replace it now, or is it safe to wait till the Fall?
#2
I could not tell you if it is safe to wait,, i would have to see the condition of the belt , so i would say to visually chk it to see if it can wait or not..
make sure to replace the water pump and the hydraulic t-belt tensioner as well and outer belts if they look iffy
make sure to replace the water pump and the hydraulic t-belt tensioner as well and outer belts if they look iffy
#3
If we told you to wait and the belt broke we would be doing you a disservice. I would go by what the manual and your local Honda dealer recommend. If I understand you post, you are asking if you have to go by the two recommendation miles in rough conditions vs general conditions. That is a local dealership question. I am in Michigan and fall under the more stringent recommendations.
#5
i am at 10 years and 120 plus thousand miles. i have not changed the timing belt. every place wants to charge 600-1200 to do this.
it s a gamble for me i guess. i want to trade my car in in the next 1 year or so
at this point the new accord looks great and i have heard prices that are the same as what i paid 10 years ago!
it is hard to spend 1000 with that on the table.
it s a gamble for me i guess. i want to trade my car in in the next 1 year or so
at this point the new accord looks great and i have heard prices that are the same as what i paid 10 years ago!
it is hard to spend 1000 with that on the table.
#6
driving conditions dictate the change time
lots of short trips = sooner
lots of highway easy cruizing miles = later
not changing the belt and it snaps = ur're screwed over
my acura dealer told me that you can easily go 10 years on a belt and that is honda's newer recommendation he also stated you could realistically go 120K miles but I am not gonna test that out (my guess is that Honda routinely tests old parts to get a measure of their durability in real world conditions thus giving update specs) my old 94 honda was 7 years or 90K and the replacement belt was 105K or 10 years
lots of short trips = sooner
lots of highway easy cruizing miles = later
not changing the belt and it snaps = ur're screwed over
my acura dealer told me that you can easily go 10 years on a belt and that is honda's newer recommendation he also stated you could realistically go 120K miles but I am not gonna test that out (my guess is that Honda routinely tests old parts to get a measure of their durability in real world conditions thus giving update specs) my old 94 honda was 7 years or 90K and the replacement belt was 105K or 10 years
Last edited by YeuEmMaiMai; 06-23-2010 at 07:31 PM.
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