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timing belt
My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot.
What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this thing to change? |
Re: timing belt
Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed
to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? |
Re: timing belt
Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed
to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? |
Re: timing belt
Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed
to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? |
Re: timing belt
Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed
to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? |
Re: timing belt
In article <100jik5jic0de45@corp.supernews.com>, Jafir Elkurd
<jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote: > Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed > to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. > > > "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? im not sure what kind of heads they had in those years but if he sayes they are non-interference them maybe you are ok, as for how difficult the belt is to replace it can be done at home but if you do not know what you are doing it will take all day and be quite frustrating so that would be your call on whether or not u want to go through that. most oil and lube/ muffler shops will do it fairly inexpensivly tho. i would talk to a honda tech or mechanic about whether or not your head is an interference head or not just to make sure. Andrew |
Re: timing belt
In article <100jik5jic0de45@corp.supernews.com>, Jafir Elkurd
<jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote: > Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed > to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. > > > "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? im not sure what kind of heads they had in those years but if he sayes they are non-interference them maybe you are ok, as for how difficult the belt is to replace it can be done at home but if you do not know what you are doing it will take all day and be quite frustrating so that would be your call on whether or not u want to go through that. most oil and lube/ muffler shops will do it fairly inexpensivly tho. i would talk to a honda tech or mechanic about whether or not your head is an interference head or not just to make sure. Andrew |
Re: timing belt
In article <100jik5jic0de45@corp.supernews.com>, Jafir Elkurd
<jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote: > Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed > to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. > > > "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? im not sure what kind of heads they had in those years but if he sayes they are non-interference them maybe you are ok, as for how difficult the belt is to replace it can be done at home but if you do not know what you are doing it will take all day and be quite frustrating so that would be your call on whether or not u want to go through that. most oil and lube/ muffler shops will do it fairly inexpensivly tho. i would talk to a honda tech or mechanic about whether or not your head is an interference head or not just to make sure. Andrew |
Re: timing belt
In article <100jik5jic0de45@corp.supernews.com>, Jafir Elkurd
<jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote: > Chances are pretty good that it will be ok. 86-89 accords are not supposed > to bend valves.... but I have seen them do it every now and then. > > > "Robert Davis" <rkd1157@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.c om... > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? im not sure what kind of heads they had in those years but if he sayes they are non-interference them maybe you are ok, as for how difficult the belt is to replace it can be done at home but if you do not know what you are doing it will take all day and be quite frustrating so that would be your call on whether or not u want to go through that. most oil and lube/ muffler shops will do it fairly inexpensivly tho. i would talk to a honda tech or mechanic about whether or not your head is an interference head or not just to make sure. Andrew |
Re: timing belt
In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >,
rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
Re: timing belt
In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >,
rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
Re: timing belt
In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >,
rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
Re: timing belt
In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >,
rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > thing to change? We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
Re: timing belt
Computerized equipment to check for valvetrain damage?
"Tom Wilson" <tomwilson@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message news:tomwilson-1901041014230001@pm1-broad-108.snlo.dialup.fix.net... > In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >, > rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? > > We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to > place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask > him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has > and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If > you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a > short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride > on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per > hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the > valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should > NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
Re: timing belt
Computerized equipment to check for valvetrain damage?
"Tom Wilson" <tomwilson@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message news:tomwilson-1901041014230001@pm1-broad-108.snlo.dialup.fix.net... > In article <88eeeee0.0401171340.2c5cb63a@posting.google.com >, > rkd1157@yahoo.com (Robert Davis) wrote: > > > My brother just bought a 1987 Honda Accord with the timing belt shot. > > What are the chances the valvetrain was ruined and how hard is this > > thing to change? > > We could only guess. The only way to be sure is for you or a mechanic to > place a new timing belt on it and start it up. If a mechanic does it, ask > him or her to hook it up to the computerized testing equipment that he has > and determine whether any damage was or was not done to the valvetrain. If > you do it, start it up and let it idle--if it sounds ok--take it for a > short ride around the block. If it passes that test--go for a longer ride > on a road that will allow you to get it up to about 50 or 60 miles per > hour. If it passes that test--it means that no damage was done to the > valvetrain. You should advise your brother that in the future--he should > NOT buy a vehicle that has a timing belt that is "shot". |
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