The other day I had the valve cover off and noticed that my timing belt has way too much play. I can almost pull it off the gear if i wanted to. Im guessing bad auto tensioner...? Any other ideas ?

 

yep..bad tensioner

 

Dont try to drive it, you could mess up the engine baaad...

 

yes i can personally vouch for that one...u def dont wanna drive it...if u can install the manual tensioner yourself then do that...if not have it towed

 

How hard of an install is it ? Will the amount of space to work in be a bitch ?

 

i know you have enough in a 4th gen...and anyone correct me if im wrong but i think more room in a 5th gen

 

Lots of room to work in a 5th gen if you remove the side motor mount completly, and dissconnect the power steering pump, and pull the power steering fluid off its bracket.


I can take pics tonight if you like. Im in the middle of doing this and have done all this stuff already,


There seems to be a epidemic of failing auto tensioners going on.

 

Yea that would be a big help. Thanks

 

i can slide my belt back and forth on my pulley's as well. how do i fix

 

here's a link that will show you what you need and how to convert from the auto tensioner to the manual tensioner.....i strongly recommend that you do this, because the auto tensioner sucks horse *****. this writeup is AWESOME!

http://www.superhonda.com/foru...58149

 

Nice writeup.