Honda Civic Timing Belt

As you get him to grab the cam wheel to turn it over by hand
he'd be surprise to find the cam stuck. Most often the belt
snapped because the camshaft is poorly lube.

Usually, you don't need to get the piston at half-mast. As you
turn the cam wheel several revolutions by hand to visually check
the valve clearance the valves pushes the piston out of the way.
And the odds of it at TDC is close to 1 in 100. If it happens to
be at TDC I'll give you our family horse - with saddle.

 

Fast, sporty drivers can damage there connecting rods or other areas of
the engine block if they reach very high speeds. Especially going
downhill where the pistons will continuously beat on the twisted valves.
Although, the sound will be very loud and obvious, this is pretty rare.

This is well said and very down to earth.

 

I was clicking off 120km/hr and broke my tb in my Integra. Absolutely no
damage and it was standard.
My friend was driving his dodge colt a few years ago down a local st. going
around 20k, belt broke, and he tried starting it 2-3 times......the motor
was toast.

The key is do not try to start you car if it breaks down you you think its
the timing belt. Pop the cover off and have a look

 

OV cource YOUR VALVES are BeNt

HOW THE FUK can you turn the cam by hand SUPERMAN

AUSTESSS

 

OV cource YOUR VALVES are BeNt

HOW THE FUK can you turn the cam by hand SUPERMAN

AUSTESSS

 

OV cource YOUR VALVES are BeNt

HOW THE FUK can you turn the cam by hand SUPERMAN

AUSTESSS

 

I'm not sure about the 84 Civics but the 86-89 Accords DON'T have
interference-type engines. I had my timing belt snap when I was cruising into
work at 60mph around five years ago. I immediately thought the valves were
toast since I had always been under the assumption that all Hondas had
interference engines. I checked Matta Motors's website(www.mattamotors.com)
and discovered that I was wrong.

I simply replaced the belt and it's still running like a champ. I would email
or call Matta Motors since they've been Honda specialists for over 20 years.

 

According to gates.com , the only Honda auto engines that
are non-interference are the 3.2 liter Passports.

The valves don't always get destroyed when the TB fails.

Unfortunately the link to the TBs at this web site does not
seem to be working.

I don't like that Matta says, at its home site, not to get
talked into replacing one's TB before 105k miles/8 years.
That's wrong for my 91 Civic, for one. Its interval is 90k
miles/6 years, per the owner's manual.

 

since there is no belt, it is real easy to turn the cam by hand

 

since there is no belt, it is real easy to turn the cam by hand

 

since there is no belt, it is real easy to turn the cam by hand

 

I lost confidence when I saw Gates listed the Volvo B230F engine as
interference. It's been pretty well hashed over on alt.autos.volvo, and the
experts agree it is a clearance engine even with the non-standard high lift
("K") cam. However, it probably beats a wild guess.

Mike

 

Interesting. I wonder if there's some subtlety in certain
engine designs that result in their being a gray area here.

 

Oops. I reckon it has indeed been a long afternoon bustin' a
control arm bolt free! You give a lead to one important
subtlety right above, and it went right by me!