driving, car died, now won't start...

DC_T · Post by **DC_T** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:46 pm

thanks for all the help guys. got it back running this weekend. it was the timing belt. for whatever reason, a small section of the belt got its teeth ripped off, and it was just spinning on the crank and not grabbing to turn the cam gears. so, new timing belt (not to mention water pump, cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter, and axle) and the car runs awsome! i'm not sure why the teeth got chewed off, but my brother said when he replaced the belt about 40k miles ago, he just bought an autozone one. i'm don't know if it was cheaply made, or if it wasn't installed properly, but i had him go to honda and put an oem one on there just to be safe. some parts you really don't want to cheap out on, and i consider timing belts to be one of them. thanks again for your guys suggestions.

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:54 am

DC_T;121501 wrote:thanks for all the help guys. got it back running this weekend. it was the timing belt. for whatever reason, a small section of the belt got its teeth ripped off, and it was just spinning on the crank and not grabbing to turn the cam gears. so, new timing belt (not to mention water pump, cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter, and axle) and the car runs awsome! i'm not sure why the teeth got chewed off, but my brother said when he replaced the belt about 40k miles ago, he just bought an autozone one. i'm don't know if it was cheaply made, or if it wasn't installed properly, but i had him go to honda and put an oem one on there just to be safe. some parts you really don't want to cheap out on, and i consider timing belts to be one of them. thanks again for your guys suggestions.

WOW talk about lucky ... that could have gotten really messy

luvmyhondas · Post by **luvmyhondas** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:22 pm

yeah, that made me cringe when I read it.