01 honda civic timing belt replaced no start

[UncleBob]

Originally Posted by forcefan97

Hondas are pretty good cars , wish they had timing chains. Well the shop found some worn out and damaged valves & some other stuff , so the head is getting rebuilt. Lesson to be learned , change the timing belt every 90/ 100k .

I wouldn't say that personally. For example the honda 2.4L has a chain, and they've been failing a decent amount.

Belts are simple, all you have to do is watch for oil leaks under the timing cover and replace them at the recommended intervals. Its pretty easy IMO

[LeSabre97mint]

Hello

Sounds like you lucked out with only a valve job! What do the cylinders look like? Is there a ridge on the top of the cylinder? I'm betting that there isn't a ridge and the cylinders still have the factory crosshatching marks in them.

How was it doing on oil before the belt broke? How many miles were on that belt?

Regards

Dan

[forcefan97]

Originally Posted by LeSabre97mint

Hello

Sounds like you lucked out with only a valve job! What do the cylinders look like? Is there a ridge on the top of the cylinder? I'm betting that there isn't a ridge and the cylinders still have the factory crosshatching marks in them.

How was it doing on oil before the belt broke? How many miles were on that belt?

Regards

Dan

Hey Dan,
Are you talking about the tops of the pistons ? If so , i notice some little dent marks from the valves.If you are talking about the cylinder walls , i havent looked at that closely.The oil was fine , didnt notice to much oil consumption. The t. belt had 260 k miles on it .

[UncleBob]

Originally Posted by forcefan97

The t. belt had 260 k miles on it .

thats gotta be a new world record

[forcefan97]

Originally Posted by UncleBob

thats gotta be a new world record

Yah !!!!!!!
It should of been done @ 90/105 k.Well lesson to be learned. Got the head back from the shop w/ replaced intake & exhaust valves.Got done tonight and fired up the car. It ran !!!!!!!!! So dont wait til 260k to do the 1st timing belt . Do it at every 90/105 k miles . Also change the h2o pump and tensioner to .
forcefan97

[UncleBob]

Originally Posted by forcefan97

Yah !!!!!!!
It should of been done @ 90/105 k.Well lesson to be learned. Got the head back from the shop w/ replaced intake & exhaust valves.Got done tonight and fired up the car. It ran !!!!!!!!! So dont wait til 260k to do the 1st timing belt . Do it at every 90/105 k miles . Also change the h2o pump and tensioner to .
forcefan97

You could shorten that up a bit "follow the maintenance suggestions in the manual"

There's plenty other things that if ignored will cause traumatic failures.

Most honda timing belts break between 140-160K, that I've done anyway. Did 3 of them just last couple weeks.