87 accord timing belt?

[Robert Yockey]

I am looking to buy a 1987 Honda Accord LXi. It has 132,000 miles and
has never had the timing belt changed. It runs great now. Is this a
problem (could it have already caused damage)? Do I need to get it
changed ASAP? What should I expect the new belt and installation to
cost? What is the cost of letting it go until it breaks?

Rob Yockey

[Ruchi Kumar]

I am not sure if an old belt will cause damage. But u should definitely
change it cause if it snaps while u are driving, not only will u be in
deep sh**, u can damage your engine.
It should have been changed years ago. And it costs about $250 to change
it voluntarily. $$$$ to wait !!

amit

Robert Yockey (robert...@HP-GREELEY-OM2.om.hp.com) wrote:
: I am looking to buy a 1987 Honda Accord LXi. It has 132,000 miles and

[Bill Kapaun]

Robert Yockey wrote:
>
> I am looking to buy a 1987 Honda Accord LXi. It has 132,000 miles and
> has never had the timing belt changed. It runs great now. Is this a
> problem (could it have already caused damage)? Do I need to get it
> changed ASAP? What should I expect the new belt and installation to
> cost? What is the cost of letting it go until it breaks?
>
> Rob Yockey

I have the same car as you and changed my belt last fall at 101K miles.
The belt didn't look too bad, but you could see some checking. I think
when they start to go, the go fast.
You haven't damaged your engine YET!
You will probably want to change your other belts at the same time,
because they have to be removed anyway, and are a pain in the butt. In
my case, the alternator belt was almost toast. The other belts weren't
too bad, but since my friend was doing 95% of the work, I didn't want to
be a cheap skate.
Total cost of ALL 4 belts was about $65 as I recall. Use genuine Honda
belts. They obviously are good.

[Hunga bunga]

Hope you did the water pump too while your "friend" was at it. My water
pump went at around 130k so I replaced it and all the belts.

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[Bill Kapaun]

Hunga bunga wrote:
>
> Hope you did the water pump too while your "friend" was at it.

Nope. It's external, so I took the gamble.

[Chris Franks]

You only THINK the '87 water pump is external but it is not.
You have to pull the cambelt cover to get the last stupid bolt out, and
you have to loosen up the motor mount to get the cover off, and you need
a special tool to remove the crankshaft nut. The '78 and '81 water
pumps were a dream to replace; the '87 is a nightmare. My dealer
wanted $400 to do it yesterday but Hondas Only did it for $115.
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[Gennady P. Samokhin]

Chris Franks wrote:

You may call it external or not, but the point is that you can replace it
without removing the lower timing belt cover. You can get all screws out and
you just have to bend a bit the lower cover to get old pump out and to fit a
new one in. I did it on my 86 LX and according to the manual 87 LXi is not
different.

Gennady

[Chris Franks]

Gennady P. Samokhin wrote:
>
> You may call it external or not, but the point is that you can replace it
> without removing the lower timing belt cover. You can get all screws out and
> you just have to bend a bit the lower cover to get old pump out and to fit a
> new one in. I did it on my 86 LX and according to the manual 87 LXi is not
> different.

Maybe the LX is different from the carbureted DX? I tried bending
the cover but it still would not come out, and the salvage yard
agrees. Guess you were very lucky.

[Gennady P. Samokhin]

Chris Franks wrote:

DX is the same. Just make sure you remove all screws of the lower TB cover.