MeatballTurbo

In article <media-267A00.00362312082004@news.uswest.net>,
media@Swiftvets.com says...
> with millions of honda's on the road, i've never heard of ANYONE having
> a problem with a timing belt no matter how many miles driven without
> replacement. i'm sure it happens, but 98% of the people following the
> recommended guidelines are throwing money away.
>
I've signed up on a couple of web forums (as well as subscribing to this
NG) since I've been looking for either a VTEC Prelude, or an Alfa 145.
Prelude VTEC people have warned about listing for a whiring/slapping
sound when the tensioner drift a little, the belts move and rub.

The alfa boards and NGs are rife with tales of Alfas 75k belt change
actually being dealt with between 35-50k whenever the car comes in under
warrenty for other work as they have been failing.

I'm currently a Saab driver, and while I'm lucky that mine uses a chain
to run the cams on the i4 16V, later model owners with european GM based
V6 engines regularly complain of belt failures. This also a known
problem amongst other euro GM brands like Vauxhall and Opel with their
V6 models. Fiat are also known to stupidly regular on it's belt
failures.

I know not all brands of car, and not all brands of belts are the same,
but a belt is a weak link in the engine, but as long as looked after
correctly shouldn't cause an problems, if it does go though, you are
looking at a world of hurt to the wallet.
--
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noway

AGS wrote:

> Hey,
>
> If you plan on selling the car once you get to CA, or even if you don't
> plan on selling it, I wouldn't do the timing belt job right now. Given
> the amount of miles on your car and the age, how bad of shape could the
> belt be in? Probably none. When my Civic (2000) had around 70,000mi,
> I drove from the midwest, down to Virginia and back. No problems, no
> fear.

Also driving down the highway at a fairly steady speed puts very little
stress on something like a timing belt.