change timing belt with new engine?
03-23-2005, 10:21 AM
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change timing belt with new engine?
got i my integra with a gsr engine install but my car is a LS. my question is that my car has 128,000 on it but the engine only has 40k miles on it do i have to change the timing belt? or do they change it with the engine swap?
03-23-2005, 10:27 AM
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Most likely the new timing belt came with the engine, but I would find out for sure. Better safe than sorry. The timing belt is critical.....trust me...The timing belt broke on my 91 Integra several weeks ago and now I have bent valves and I have to replace the cylinder head. I bought the car with 130K miles, and I assumed it was already done. I figured I was good for awhile, even if the guy before me changed it as early as 50K miles. Well, I have 155K now, and the timing belt broke... It looked 100 years old, very brittle, and about to break in 4 different places. It looks like the timing belt has never been replaced. Anyway, this is definitely something you want to avoid happening....
