Got me a teggie with 90000 miles on it. Needs to have the timing belt replaced. need to know how much thats gonna set me back. Also, how much would it run me to replace all my motor mounts? I wanna see if theyre is a price range i can work with.

 

about 500 or so for the timing belt. Are you sure you need one? Or are u just thinking that cuz its 90K miles

 

Why replace the motor mounts?

 

You should consider changing the timing belt yourself. That way you can save the money on labor. Just find a friend that has some experience, good way for you to learn about your car. I'm sure if you make a post asking for help, a fellow honda-techer would go help you with the timing belt.

Is there really a need for you to change the motor mounts?

 

$40 for a helms bro. its worth it. even if you are a beginner, it gives you step by step w/ pics. just have something around so after you get it all done and back together, and realize you 1 tooth off, you can punch the **** out of it. dont not and i repeat DO NOT punch the drivers side fender. i did this and i cost me the amount to have the timing belt professionally changed anyway

 

My old LS had 160,000 miles on it when I sold it. The engine mounts were fine. Unless there's a problem don't bother.

 

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For the life of me I can't figure out why it would cost that much. It shouldn't take an experieced person more than 2-3 hours to change it, especially if the car is on a lift and air tools are available.

Now if the water pump is changed, thats going to take longer because you have to drain the coolant from the block, refill it, bleed the coolant system (which takes like an hour by itself) etc. etc.

I would NOT recommend going past 90K miles on a timing belt. Sure it may last awhile, but anything past 90K is driving on borrowed time. It's a $50 belt, made of rubber, and it wears out. Why risk destroying your engine over a $50 belt? If it's approaching 90K, change it. My car is almost at 180K and I'm about to change it again.

 

Yeah $500, if US, sounds a bit high. I think mine was around $300-$350 with the water pump.

 

Yeah try to find a timing belt change under 400$ for sure.

 

i paid about 500 for the water pump, timing belt and all the other belts. it all depends where u live and what garage u go to. i live in northern new jersey and taxes are high, so shops charge more.

 

the stealership by my house wanted 750 for timing belt and water pump

 

DAMN! 400-500 bucks for a timing belt? I think i can get it done cheaper here in miami. Plenty of lil old cuban mechanics i know. I got an offer of $225 to have it changed. I guess i should do a lil shopping around huh? butyea my timing belt needs to be changed, as it is im on borrowed time all ready. I should get it done this weekend, if not i think i might take a hammer to my car cuz the timing belt is being a pain my @$$. thanks for the help, next project CV Axle... i dont like the click click click click sound when i make turns