'99 Honda Accord noise/whine after cambelt replacement

[darglo]

My Honda dealer just replaced a cambelt in my Honda Accord 1.8 Vreg. Everything was fine until I started hearing a whine after done 300 miles since this sservice. The service said, that it is typical and it's nothing to worry about, but I let them to do the replacement one more time as a part of guaranty. Is it a problem of wrong adjustment of the belt they did ??

I hope you came accross this problem as well.

 

[jim beam]

My Honda dealer just replaced a cambelt in my Honda Accord 1.8 Vreg. Everything was fine until I started hearing a whine after done 300 miles since this sservice. The service said, that it is typical rubbish.

and it's nothing to worry about,

it's nothing for /them/ to worry about because they get to sell you thousands of dollars of new valve gear when the belt snaps.

but I let them to do the replacement one more time as a part of guaranty. Is it a problem of wrong adjustment of the belt they did ??

yes. belt adjusted too tight.

I hope you came accross this problem as well.

take it back and keep taking it back until they do it right. call customer service at honda usa if you don't get satisfaction. alternatively, find a different dealer or independent repair shop. excess belt tension can lead to sudden failure, and that's expensive.

 

[allenman]

I had a 1997 Honda Accord SiR station wagon, VETC 2200 cc engine cambelt be replaced after done 100k, when i start the car in th morning when engine is cold, the noise come from engine sounds lik cambelt hits the cover, after 2 minutes when the engine getting hot the noise gone, is this normal? i take the car to the workshop the said it's normal and don't need to worry about, but I don't believ them at all

Could give me a hint for the problem? cambel too tight or too loose

Thanks in advance

 

[motsco_]

I had a 1997 Honda Accord SiR station wagon, VETC 2200 cc engine, cambelt be replaced after done 100k, when i start the car in the morning when engine is cold, the noise come from engine sounds like cambelt hits the cover, after 2 minutes when the engine getting hot, the noise gone, is this normal? i take the car to the workshop they said it's normal and don't need to worry about, but I don't believe them at all.

Could give me a hint for the problem? cambel too tight or too loose?

Thanks in advance

If it sings like a harmonica, it's too tight. Yours sounds too loose which is worse, judging by your description, since it can jump teeth right away and shred your engine.

Tight belt may snap or wear out water pump and idler bearing.

You need to provide a better description of the sound . . .

'Curly'

 

[allenman]

The noise only raise when the engine is cold, the noise sound clanking,like something knocks(or raps) the metallic cambelt cover sharp and hard but not resonant,if I speed up the engine, the knock getting more quick with the speed changes, but after engine runs for or 2 minutes and getting hot, the noise gone

If I start the engine when it hot, the engine sounds OK

 

[Tegger]

The noise only raise when the engine is cold, the noise sounds clanking,like something knocks(or raps) the metallic cambelt cover, sharp and hard but not resonant,if I speed up the engine, the knocks getting more quick with the speed changes, but after engine runs for 1 or 2 minutes and getting hot, the noise gone.

That's piston slap. Don't worry about it.

 

[allenman]

But I can not understand why it happened only after the cambelt bee changed, could anyone point how I can test the cambelt is too loose o too tight

Thanks a lo

 

[Tegger]

But I can not understand why it happened only after the cambelt been changed, could anyone point how I can test the cambelt is too loose or too tight?

The valve cover will have to be removed. The crankshaft is then slightly turned by hand (with a socket on the pulley) to put all the slack on one side. If there's NO slack, then it's too tight.

If there's *too much* slack, there will be obvious evidence on the underside of the valve cover, assuming a DOHC; SOHC will slap the timing belt cover. Either way, all the writing will have been scuffed off the belt and there may be powder everywhere.

A too-tight belt normally whines/whirs all the time, not just when cold. I wonder if you're just suddenly aware of a sound that was already there beforehand.