Re: 1991 Accord timing belt schedule question
 

"Burt" <burtsquareman@none.com> wrote
> "Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote

>> "Burt" <burtsquareman@none.com> wrote
>> > "Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote
>> >
>> >> To clarify, you mean you think there are no "severe
>> >> driving
>> >> conditions" limitations for the 91 Accord's timing
>> >> belt.
>> >>
>> >> The maintenance schedule for the 91 Accord available
>> >> via
>> >> http://search.ebscohost.com/ says otherwise. (Login
>> >> (for
>> >> free) using the username "lib" and the password
>> >> "access."
>> >> Click on "Auto Repair Reference Center.")
>> >>
>> >> If the vehicle is operated under any of the following,
>> >> then
>> >> the TB an balancer belts should be replaced at 60k
>> >> miles:
>> >> Extremely dusty conditions. Fifty percent or more of
>> >> the
>> >> vehicle's operation is in 90 degree F or higher
>> >> temperatures
>> >> or 32 degree F or lower temperatures. Prolonged
>> >> idling.
>> >> Frequent short running periods such that the engine
>> >> does
>> >> not
>> >> reach normal operating temperature. Police, taxi,
>> >> delivery
>> >> or trailer towing usage.
>> >
>> > You mean this?
>> >http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2...epticalnv4.gif
>>
>> I mean what I wrote above.
>>
>> > This information is unreliable due to three factors.
>> > First, no mention
>> > of the Honda Mtr. Co.
>>
>> The Ebsco site's Honda procedures contain the following
>> acknowledgment: "The Publisher expresses appreciation to
>> Honda Motor Company, Ltd., for their generous
>> assistance."
>
> This has to be printed or asterisks on the screen shot I
> gave you in
> order to have merit.

People can read the information both you and I gave in this
thread and decide for themselves, AFAIC. You might be right.
I just can't say for sure, given the discrepancies, and I
want to be honest.

I think it's particularly significant that Canadian Honda
has the 60k mile limit, presumably because of the
temperature extremes.

OTOH, someone else also posted here recently that timing
belt materials are superior today compared to c. 1990. They
did not back this up with a citation, IIRC, so I don't know
how much authority to give that claim.

> The screen shot speaks for itself its layout
> quality.

All the maintenance schedules, including the UK site's, I
see online for Hondas speak for themselves re poor layout
quality.