I'm having the timing belt, water pump, belts, and spark plugs replaced next week at the dealer. The previous owner had the valves adjusted about 5000 miles ago, a year ago, but didn't do the timing belt. Do the valves have to be adjusted when the timing belt is replaced? The car is a 91 with about 64,000 miles.
Valve adjustment
- Thread starter BobMc
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If they have been done there is no reason to have them re-done. In a normal timming belt replacment the adjustment is not lost because of some thing that need to be taken apart. Some people do back off all the adjusters to prevent any chance of a valve hitting a piston until they are complety sure every thing is in proper time. A valve adjustment is about 2 hours of labor but that includes taking off the valve covers which will have to be off to do the timming belt so I would not have a problem with paying 1 hour of labor to get the valve adjustment gone over while it is apart.
Depends on where you are but seems a little high unless they are putting on a new center timming cover and doing a valve adjustment. $20 each for the spark plugs is high but not to far out of line.
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Hi Bob,
We met briefly at NSXPO. Dennis D (Barrington, RI) tried to introduce us but I was running around at the time.
Who is doing the work? You might want to check with Dennis D to see what his experience is with the dealer before going forward.
To give you a comparitive price: My dealer quotes: pump, belts and valve adjustment about $1300.00 and change.
Best of luck,
Rich
We met briefly at NSXPO. Dennis D (Barrington, RI) tried to introduce us but I was running around at the time.
Who is doing the work? You might want to check with Dennis D to see what his experience is with the dealer before going forward.
To give you a comparitive price: My dealer quotes: pump, belts and valve adjustment about $1300.00 and change.
Best of luck,
Rich
Hi Rich
I got the quote from First Acura in Seekonk MA, which used to be Acura of Newport. I remember Dennis saying that he has had some work done there, and was satisfied. I will try to work them on the price - it does seem too high. Thanks for the reply - NSXPO04 was GREAT!
Bob
I got the quote from First Acura in Seekonk MA, which used to be Acura of Newport. I remember Dennis saying that he has had some work done there, and was satisfied. I will try to work them on the price - it does seem too high. Thanks for the reply - NSXPO04 was GREAT!
Bob
A good way to work them is through the parts department. What I did was get a quote on the parts: Try JR at Honda World they give NSXCA members 25% and free shipping.
First get a written quote with a break down of parts and labor (from your dealership).
Then get a quote from JR (parts). Print out the Honda World quote and have a discussion about the cost of the parts with the service department. My guys met Honda World's price without a fight. They went to bat for me with the parts department.
You can get an e-mail quote from JR Czarniak at:
(e-mail) [email protected]
JR is a great guy, you might have met him wandering around at NSXPO.
Their website is www.hondacuraworld.com
Hope this helps save you a few bucks.
Rich
First get a written quote with a break down of parts and labor (from your dealership).
Then get a quote from JR (parts). Print out the Honda World quote and have a discussion about the cost of the parts with the service department. My guys met Honda World's price without a fight. They went to bat for me with the parts department.
You can get an e-mail quote from JR Czarniak at:
(e-mail) [email protected]
JR is a great guy, you might have met him wandering around at NSXPO.
Their website is www.hondacuraworld.com
Hope this helps save you a few bucks.
Rich
Bob,
Let us know how you make out.
Good luck,
Rich
Let us know how you make out.
Good luck,
Rich
If you are interested in traveling about 1 hour to Mass, Mechanics Direct Modifiers would love to do the work for you at a much lower price. The valve adjustment is included with all t-belt jobs. Our quality of work and NSX experience would be better than any Acura dealership . Any questions call Mitch @ 978-934-9395 www.mechanicsdirect.comI researched the work done on the car, and called the dealer Acura of Avon, CT and found that the timing belt was changed in June 1999, so it appears I can go another year or 2 without changing it. The receipts I had were missing this work. Apparently though, the spark plugs may not have been changed yet since day 1, so I'll be getting that done.
Thanks all for your input.
Thanks all for your input.
If you are checking the car over for work needed (tune up parts, fluids etc) make sure you take a look at the camshaft end plugs and spool valves for oil seepage. The gaskets dry up over time and need replacement. They may of been replaced when the t-belt was done but an inspection is always a good idea. 
