thanks. i'll change it soon because even milage is less than 90,000 miles
but the age of the car.

thanks again. by the way i am driving in Canada

jj

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:50:42 +0000 (UTC), Andrew wrote:

> jj > wrote:
>> Hi all,
>
>> i have 93 honda accord ex with about 125,000 KM on it. i checked a doc on
>> Honda web site and it said that 90,000 miles is point to change timing
>> belt. but i also checked with 2 local mechanics and was told that i should
>> change it around 100,000 KM.
>> so i am not sure which is correct. what's your opinion?
>> thanks,
>> jj
>
> I changed the belt on my '93 Accord at 100k miles (mainly due to slackness
> on my part). I would change yours before 90k miles. An aquaintance of mine
> had the timing belt on his Civic break at 115k miles. His valves became
> rather bent.
>
> I think the mechanics just want your money--60k miles is way too conservative.
> But then again, if the belt is 11 years old, perhaps you should change it if
> only because of the age.
>
> Andrew