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My old, beloved '95 Accord V6 EX is driving beautifully, having only 76,000 miles on it. A friend of mine urged me to check about the Timing Belt. I asked my mechanic, and was told that there is no sense in checking the belt, but rather replacing it, since -- although the odometer stands at 76,000 -- the car is 10 years old. They will repalce the Water pump as well and will charge me $550. I want to know, does it make sense to do it now? Are there ANY symptoms for a Timing Belt that's starting going bad? |
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Replying to: mamamia2 (Aug 10, 2005 6:00 pm) In my opionion, this is Honda's (as well as other imports) dirty little secret. It goes a long way towards making these cars costly to own.
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Replying to: jrp6977 (Aug 10, 2005 7:57 pm) I have a feeling that maybe, if being a secret, it's a COMMON secret... |
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Replying to: mamamia2 (Aug 10, 2005 6:00 pm) I personally have experienced a belt jump twice at just over 60k intervals on the same vehicle, but my 88 Accord had 100k on it before I changed it. I only did it because the water pump was starting to squeal. If you were going to get rid of the car in the near future, maybe you could wait, but if you plan on keeping it a while, your going to need to change the belt sooner or later, so your probably better off doing it sooner. The reason for the water pump change is because they have it exposed while changing the belt. The cost to change the pump then is mostly the cost of the part itself, with minimal labor charge. When I did the belt on my 88 Accord, I spent $30 (aftermarket price) for the pump and 15 minutes to change it. To replace it by itself, it probably would have taken me 2-3 hours just to replace the pump. Mrbill |
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Replying to: jrp6977 (Aug 10, 2005 7:57 pm) You said " (as well as other imports)" which just isn't true. Toyota/Lexus uses a non-interference engine which means if the timing belt fails there would be no engine damage. |
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Replying to: mrbill1957 (Aug 03, 2005 1:32 pm) |
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I have a 2005 Honda Accord Ex V6 with about 4000 miles on it. Within the past 400 miles a unbelievably annoying rattle has developed in the middle of the dash. It rattles upon start -up, but is terrible on any less than smooth road surface. I haven't discussed it with the dealership yet. Any thoughts on what the problem might be or how likely a dealership may be able to fix it. It's so annoying I'm ready to trade it it in thios weekend. Any thoughts, help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Replying to: ohvan (Aug 11, 2005 5:23 pm) You really need to have the dealer look at it. Sure, you can open the dash yourself, which will probably break something, and because you did it, it won't be covered under warranty. I know how much rattles stink, but you won't be the first to take a rattle to the dealer to fix. The thing that may help is figuring out what makes the rattle show up the best. Does heat, cold, or just bumpy roads cause it to show up? If a passenger pushes on the dash in a certain location, does the rattle go away? The more info for the dealer, the better chance they will find it. Good luck, Mrbill
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I bought a 2002 Accord 4-weeks ago; had a fully ins. dr. pull in front of me 2-weeks ago. She was ticketed for failure to yield. My ins. co.(whom I'm cx. when this is over), keeps telling me to work it out with the other ins. co. I've been talking/arguing for new/non used parts. The agent tells me today that he called the Honda Dealer (where I had the car towed to; also where I had recently purchased the vehicle) and both won't deal with me and to call my ins. agent and have the car towed to somewhere else. Honda and his co. won't work with me any more because I'm too picky. I went to see the dealer and he told me to take what ever parts the agent wants, if the aren't any good they'll send them back. They also felt that the agent was wrong about me , and that the know him and will call him and tell him that they will work with me.
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