i have a 94 acura vigor and i bought it from someone with the timing belt snapped. i am having a mechanic that i know replace the timing belt this week. now if there are bent valves which there most likely is, how hard of a job is fixing and replacing the valves? is it just take old one off and new one on or is it much more than that.please help

 

in order to replace any bent valves the head of the engine would have to be disassembled from the block and inspected for any further damage. Changing the valves isnt really a diy type of deal, it takes special skills and tools to do a proper job. Your going to be lucky if its just bent valves.

 

If you are asking that question you need to take it to a shop. You have no clue. You could get lucky, if it broke at idle or really low RPM (like under 3g) just replce the belt. Otherwise you are SOL.

 

does anyone kno when the timing belt for the integra has to be changed because i heard at 90k miles. I just want to know if it is at exaclty 90k miles or a little under or over.

 

i always thought it was at the 60-70k service mark. I would change yours asap just for peace of mind...

 

In installings valves there are a lot of clearance and adjustment issues required which can only be done at a machine shop because they have the special tools that can accomplish this.

 

mistake... i misunderstood. I talked to the guy i am buying the car from. i am putting a payment today so i called him and he told me that the belt didnt break. what happened was the car stalled on the off ramp of the highway. he got it started at the bottom of the ramp and drove to a park and ride that was a few feet down the road. when he shut the car off to wait for his mechanic the car didnt start after that. he said it sounded like it wanted to but just didn't. he said that he thought it was the timing belt but wasnt sure if it was just the timing that went off bad or something else. any ideas.