Originally Posted by kenton
You've got a V6 and I've got an I4. There may be no real differences in the interval we should change our stuff but like I said I had no problems at 120,000 miles when I finally changed mine. $600 for everything (water pump included and labor) is a lot of money and I was in class all week so it was hard for me to make a good amount of money like that to fix my car.
I say if you drive good, have kept up with normal stuff, then go ahead and wait a little while. Of course visual inspection of the belt doesn't help because when you pull it I understand it's still suppose to look good.
If it breaks though, you've got a 1:17 chance of being able to save your engine. Matter (or in this case valves) cannot occupy the same space (in this case the pisons) at the same time. I had a friend with a 91 Civic Si who's t-belt shredded, he was so lucky that all of his valves were neatly tucked out of the way.
I have done all the maintenance on this car since I bought it new. That should probably help. The timing belt and water pump is next on my list. Does not make me that nervous that there are people who have taken the car past the 100K mark to replace the timing belt.
I will plan on doing this probably right at the 100K mark which should be about 5 months from now.