RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

deserthonda put it best.

Pay a little now, ( at your convenience), or pay a lot later, (and possibly at a most in-opportune time).

As I understand it - valve train damage from belt breakage went out with the late 80's/early 90's vehicles.

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

I don't think so... Compression ratios are as high or higher now.

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

It deoesnt matter if you have a '56 or an '06 vehicle of any make or model, if it jumps time then you are up the proverbial sh*t creek without a paddle.

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

Thx everyone for the comments, your all right and i agree with you, iam gonna change it along with water pump and and just get vavle adjustment on it. Now just gotaa give my bigger brother a beating :):D

Thx all.

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

Or you could wait'll his timing belt breaks...

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

Here's some PERSONAL experience. I bought a Ford Ranger with 80,000 miles (4 cyl). Never had a car with a timing belt before that so didn't give it a thought. The belt broke at 85.000 and left me stranded. Good education. So now, when my '93 plymouth Sundance with V6 hit 90,000, I changed the belt. People said to change the water pump too, but I said "it's fine". A couple months later the water pump went out and I had to do the whole job over. I think this time I learned better.

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

like i said

pay me now a little
or

pay me later a lot more

RE: Timing Belt Worry
 

i actually had my timing balancer belt and my timining belt disintegrate on me, i was coming home from school one day a few years back and my friends wanted to go out but i decided to get my car home quick cause i felt a huge power lose and it didnt sound right, luckily home was 2 min away, and once i got it in the garage and took a look at it, i noticed nothing wrong, atleast until i tried to restart it and it wouldnt even turn over, and smelled a **** load of gas...anyway i finally narrowed it down to a timing belt issue, and just to give u a heads up, i read somewhere either my Haynes Manual or an online How To, and it said if you have an engine lift, replacing the timing belt that way is much easier, and boy do i wish i had that, cause these cars are defenitely made by small Jap hands, no offense, cause my hands are too big for this car, so a few weekends later of workin for hours straight of tryin just to get everything off to get to the belts i finally got to em, and finally got everything back running right, and of course like an idiot forgot to change the water pump, and this was all occuring at 160,000 miles, so im sure i will be screwed for a water pump on that one...TDC is important too when u change it, so pay attention to what ur doin and good luck cause it is defenitely a pain in the arse...

Damn u Honda for not making it a "Timing Chain"...those things last forever...