My 93 LX accord has an interesting history.

In its first year (93-94) it did 60,000 miles (was a company fleet vehicle).
94-99 the second owner put in only 30,000 miles
He changed the timing belt at 90,000 miles in 1999.
From 1999-date (when i bought it) he did just 17,000 miles.
Now it has 107,000 miles on it.

My Honda dealer (who else!!) hinted to me that I may need to change my timing belt again sometime next year. His reasoning was that although the new belt has only 17,000 miles it will be 6 yrs old next yr, and "HONDA RECCOMENDS CHANGING BELTS 90,000 MILES/ EVERY 6 YEARS"

Is this true? I have never heard this crap before.

Any suggestions

 

did google search after reading your message and I came up with this - http://www.gaylordsgarage.com/ask.htm try more google search on this topic and see what they say.

 

http://www.gaylordsgarage.com/ and click on 'Ask the mechanic" link..after opening the page if you come up with a broken link.

 

lol, ******** garage.

 

****!!
I was happy that the previous owner had changed the timing belt 17,000 miles back...thought it wld last me another 70,000 miles..
guess i got to change it next yr...thxs for the link James

 

no prlm - it is always a good idea to verify what they say.

 

Why the hell would you listen to them, don't you do research or ask around.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NY_Sucks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why the hell would you listen to them, don't you do research or ask around.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Beleive it or not, most dealerships aren't out to screw you.

 

This is what my buddy who is pretty cool w/ cars has to say

"people suggest changing timing belts 60,000miles or 6 years because they assume the average american drives 10,000miles per year. now, yes, make sure the timing belt is not cracked. but i go by every 60,000miles not by time. anyway, most of you guys have non interference engines so if t-belt breaks it is most likely all good but i wouldn't go that far.

mozzy's friend kevin
91 eagle talon awd "

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mozzy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is what my buddy who is pretty cool w/ cars has to say

"people suggest changing timing belts 60,000miles or 6 years because they assume the average american drives 10,000miles per year. now, yes, make sure the timing belt is not cracked. but i go by every 60,000miles not by time. anyway, most of you guys have non interference engines so if t-belt breaks it is most likely all good but i wouldn't go that far.

mozzy's friend kevin
91 eagle talon awd "</TD></TR></TABLE>
I guess he should know better than the big car companies and their engineers.

 

most of who guys have non interference engines?? i have a few friends who neglected their old timing belts in their older hondas and have destroyed their engine because of it.

 

Happened to me once. Lost 2 cylinder heads and there were pieces of rocker arms all over the place. I would suggest using time and mileage as a factor. You just never know.

 

mozzy- the new compound honda use for timing belt is so good that you will not see a crack even if it's dying. so if you think you'll wait for the crack to show up, DONT, you'll end up bending valves

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mozzy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">"people suggest changing timing belts 60,000miles or 6 years because they assume the average american drives 10,000miles per year. now, yes, make sure the timing belt is not cracked. but i go by every 60,000miles not by time. anyway, most of you guys have non interference engines so if t-belt breaks it is most likely all good but i wouldn't go that far.

mozzy's friend kevin
91 eagle talon awd "</TD></TR></TABLE>Well, MOST of us here DO have interference engines!

 

Thxs for your suggestions guys!
I guess I will change my belt next yr (the belt will hv done just 18,000 miles by then) as I dont want to take any chances with my engine.