TIMING BELT

L8Apex said:

While the timing belt in the J motor may brake when not properly maintained, I've been around the Honda K motor with a timing chain for at least 19 years and nearly a million miles on it in my immediate family and have never seen a timing chain break. My son has gone 240K miles on one and 280K miles on the one after that without any issues. It's an interference motor where at one point the piston or the valve may occupy the same space.

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You do realize that Honda recommends replacement every 7 years or 100K miles?? I'm not saying that I don't believe you, but it does sound a little exaggerated. If what you said here is true, again, I'm not saying that I don't believe you, you have somehow managed to go way past any expected life expectancy for those timing chains. I have the 2.4 four cylinder, and have had the VTC rattle on cold starts for an embarrassing amount of time, and have about 96K miles on the car. Obviously, I'm well beyond the 7 year mark for the timing chain, but I'm going to be replacing the VTC actuator in the very near future, and as long as I have everything open, I'm going to be replacing the timing chain as well. You might want to watch this video

Pagan Wizard said:

Were you drunk when you typed this??? You might want to proof read your reply to me. The first half makes absolutely no sense what-so-ever, and then you agreed with me.

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99% sure he meant "There are still non-interference engines manufactured today, but yes honda's engines are interference..."

Pagan Wizard said:

I have ordered a bunch of times from Rock Auto, and received the wrong part more than a few times. Some YouTubers like Puddin's Fab Shop, just one example, and there are more out there, have all complained multiple times about that. If I'm going to order online, I'm going with Wally World, or Amazon.

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While I’ve had my issues with RockAuto and is certainly a love/hate relationship. Because yes, they have been unwilling to accept returns if the part was attempted to be installed or if I ordered wrong, return shipping (if approved) is at my expense. BUT, my overall experience and the thousands of dollars I’ve saved over the years keeps me going back. A key point which will usually guarantee a retun paid for by them is to cross reference everything you order with the OEM part number, and take photos of your damaged box on the door step when it arrives. Take photos of anything damaged as you unbox it. Compare new part with old part before taking it out of the wrapper.

NailGrease said:

While I’ve had my issues with RockAuto and is certainly a love/hate relationship. Because yes, they have been unwilling to accept returns if the part was attempted to be installed or if I ordered wrong, return shipping (if approved) is at my expense. BUT, my overall experience and the thousands of dollars I’ve saved over the years keeps me going back. A key point which will usually guarantee a retun paid for by them is to cross reference everything you order with the OEM part number, and take photos of your damaged box on the door step when it arrives. Take photos of anything damaged as you unbox it. Compare new part with old part before taking it out of the wrapper.

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When I had all the trouble with the hydraulic belt tensioner I was able to say that the product was defective and failed, which it did all the times I had to return them, 2 stripped out and one straight up broke while driving, scary experience. So being able to return them like that was nice, everything else I've ordered off rockauto whether it be for my crosstour or family's cars has been all correct though.