So it is time to do timing belt on my '95 accord lx (120kmiles, the belt was done at 60kmiles by first owner). I found some kit that has: Water Pump made in Japan by GMB/NPW ; Timing belt made by Continental/Bando; The tensioner by Koyo/GMB. Are these parts good quality? Would you guys recommend buying them?

Anything else i need to replace besides pump and t-belt?

p.s. the car recently has been making some noise (like plane turbines ) while accelerating with a/c on. If i turn the a/c off the noise disappears..


Thanks!

 

GMb npw and koyo are manufacturs for OEM Honda parts... and Continental are european made timing belts a i believe.. i forget.. but they are quality parts And i use them on cars that come in to my shop.. where are you planning to get them from? for how much? i might be able to beat the price.. not sure.. lol

 

Just so you know, you don't need to do the timing belt at 60,000 intervals. These have 90,000, so I wouldnt recommend doing it unless you have problems with the water pump etc...
I would know, I have a '94 that is on one timing belt change at 176,000 miles.
I'm getting it changed at 179k.
As for the AC its probably the fans messed up a bit. There is one fan that turns on only when you have the AC on.

 

I am getting all above mentioned parts for $75 shipped, can you beat that price ?

Also, regarding the noise, could it be due to failing alternator?

Thank you guys!!!

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Modified by ny153 at 9:55 AM 1/8/2007

 

75 is a good price for those parts

 

did you even read what I said? Your wasting your time and you have another 30,000 miles on the belt left.
I told you what it is, it's not the alternator. There are 2 fans by the radiator, and one of them only turns on when you turn on the AC.
Do I speak english?
This might make my point:
On normal city driving etc: 90,000
http://www.familycar.com/CarCare/GatesFrame.htm
page 11
stop making your life more difficult cause timing belt changes arent cheap or easy

 

I i'll take a look at the t-belt to see how worn out it is.
If i decide to change it anyway, is it like 2-3 hour job? I wouldnt do it myself though, there is a guy that charges $50 an hour, so it should be a $100-150 job, right guys?


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Homesickelian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you even read what I said? Your wasting your time and you have another 30,000 miles on the belt left.
I told you what it is, it's not the alternator. There are 2 fans by the radiator, and one of them only turns on when you turn on the AC.
Do I speak english?
This might make my point:
On normal city driving etc: 90,000
http://www.familycar.com/CarCare/GatesFrame.htm
page 11
stop making your life more difficult cause timing belt changes arent cheap or easy</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

There's no point.. it's not easy to get at the belt in the first place.
When I called up a place and asked them how much it is to do, they said around 500$ without supplied parts. Sorry but it isn't cheap or easy.
Also you can't judge a timing belt on the way it looks, there are ones that will look perfectly fine and snap like nothing. It's not like the alternator belts where you can judge.
The car company would not set the life of a timing belt and not stand by it. If they say it will last until 90,000 it will last till 90,000. If they tried to push the life of it and lied they would be in deep **** since a broken timing belt usually = a broken car.
And make sure you have someone that knows what their doing if they do it, cause things can go wrong easily.