Okay - i bought in my integra to a honda dealer and had them adjust my valves and check timing and fpr - getting bad gas mileage and hesitiation.
Turns out apparently the timing belt wasnt installed properly and one of the teeth is not on. Throwing my valves out of whack giving me hesitation and really poor gas mileage.
They want 230 bucks - canadian, for doing the adjustment, timing check and re-aligning the belt.
Can timing chains belts slip, is this even possible, I new to cars, and dont want to get burned by the dealer - thanks guys!
yes the timing belt can slip… In that case you have to get the valves checked to make sure that they arent bent…
good luck, hopefully you just need the belt put on properly
agreed you will have to get the timing belt adjusted and do a compression test… otherwise you can pull the head off and inspect… Im sure the dealer will let you know… If the valves are bent, the car will not start or wont run very well
in situations like this, its important to tell a customer that certain repairs are done “to start”.
Assuming they’re not a bunch of idiots, they would have told you that replacing the timing belt and running the motor is something to start, done so that compression can then be checked to be sure no valves were bent. and again, assuming they’re not schmucks, I’m thinking they’re not concerned about valves being bent or they would have mentioned it. or you got the new guy working on your car and he doesn’t realize that the motor is an interference motor, or maybe he doesn’t even know what an interference motor is.
fuck it, call and ask them. Its your money. if you’re not satisfied with their response, go somewhere else.
it’s when the valves fight with the pistons. for example. In our engines, when a timing belt snaps. The pistons will fight with the valves. In other words, you’ll hear a loud bang. Some ppl on here where lucky when there belt snaped. A non-interference engine (also known as free-wheeling engine). When the timing belt snaps, The pistons keep moving up and down with out hitting the valves. Not many ppl realize that the timing belt has to be changed on interference engine every 60k to 90k miles.
Holy shit
I got my car back, holy shit - it feels brand new. It has SO much more pull and theres no more ticking. Sounds and runs GREAT - I was very impressed. I didnt feel as if my car was runnning poorly, prolly cause its my first one but DANG, its got some balls now.
Anyway - IM sure this will fix my fuel mileage, i barley press the pedal and the car rips.
Too bad you don’t have some friends near you who are into Honda’s and know how to work on them. A valve adjustment usually runs around $60-$80, and resetting the cam timing to stock specs should run around the same or alittle less.
If you lived near me, I would have done it for you, and showed you how to do it for yourself for a 20 spot and maybe some lunch. Once you know how, these cars are very easy to work on. Glad to hear you have it running the way it is supposed to run.
Oh, and our cars don’t have timing chains, they have timing belts. Many cars do have chains tho, and they last longer but will wear out also eventually. Some high performance cars don’t have a belt or chain, but direct mesh gears that will last forever.
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Oh, and our cars don’t have timing chains, they have timing belts. Many cars do have chains tho, and they last longer but will wear out also eventually. [/QUOTE]
Chains are more or less supposed to last the lifetime of the car, at least on BMWs. I’m not saying they dont fail, as surely there are instances of that happening. Chains can last to at least 200k miles before you should start worrying.
