Timing Belt and Smog Check
filed in 1995 Honda Civic
Question: How to find out whether my car need to replace the timing belt?
Does it shows on the SMOG check report? If it is, where?
My car HONDA Civic 1995 DX
No the smog report does not tell anything about your timing belt. Usually the decision to change the belt is made on the basis of mileage since the last change. Something between 60K and 100K miles. Your link recommends replacing Timing belt 90,000 miles which I did change
Now my car has 165,000 miles on it and I haven’t done major tune up yet. $$ reason
My question.
On very cold morning, my cars making rattling noise.. But the noise is gone after the car warm up (1-2 minutes)
I noticed this noise happened couple weeks ago, it never made a rattling noise before.
Is there any method to check whether the timing belt was changed? Or is there any symptom that the timing belt needs to be changed. My car is 97 Ford Escort LX with 74K. No method of knowing the belt condition that I know of short of examining it (at which point you replace it). Be sure to check your engine at the Gates site to see if it is an “interference engine”, in which case I suggest you replace the belt now and keep record of it for future reference.
If your engine is “interference” then a broken timing belt can result in *huge* expense.
If your engine is not “interference” then a broken belt means a breakdown, failure to start or run, and a tow job, but no expense beyond that and the belt replacement cost. Of course, just where you breakdown and when can result in added costs and added belt replacement expense.
Valve train noise or piston slap. It is colder this time of the year and the cold parts have a bit more clearance. As they heat up (expand), clearances get closer to “normal”.
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