Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but this thread explains the noise i have now. my engine was replaced in a 97 base, same h22a4 engine but when all finished with the swap, the engine has the same whining noise around the timing belt area (obivously had the timing belt work done to it as long the water pump). I was told when i got the car it was the alternator. so i figured it was the alternator bearing, but replaced that and still has the noise, and this was after two months of running this car, so i brought it back to the shop that did the work (2 month warrenty), the orginal guy looked at it and ended up changing the idler pulleys which in turn dampened the noise. So i drove ~500miles and the noise just got louder over time. So as of now the car is back in the shop hopefully being looked at today if not tomrw.
I just wanted to see if any one eventually solved the problem even though it is 4years old, or if any one recently encountered this. Thanks ahead
ask away if any other info would be needed, I am trying to give suggestions to the mechanic cause i don't have to pay for this.
LOL at this thread.. yea, same thing for me, guy before me had belt tightened shortly before I bought the car from him.. sounds like a supercharger. The belt is too tight. Take it back where you got it, and have them readjust it.. the autotensioner cant be adjusted, but the belt itself needs to almost be loose, as the autotensioner will tighten it up.
This is what my mechanic has told me.. he has seen a few of the hondas with an auto tensioner with the same problem.. its annoying, but I am not about to pay the same amount of money that the previous owner paid just to make it go away.
And also... I am ashamed that so many have gone to the honda dealers... hondas are great cars, but every story I have ever heard tells me they are HORRIBLE at mechanics.. take it to a decent mechanic for HALF the hourly rate, and if they screw up.. well, usually smaller mechanics will make it right since they dont have the traffic that dealers do!
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And also... I am ashamed that so many have gone to the honda dealers... hondas are great cars, but every story I have ever heard tells me they are HORRIBLE at mechanics.. take it to a decent mechanic for HALF the hourly rate, and if they screw up.. well, usually smaller mechanics will make it right since they dont have the traffic that dealers do!
Ya the guy i brought my car to is a middle age motor head, but does his work well, i would trust him over a honda tech,
You mention to loosen the belt but how would this be possible with the autotensioner being unadjustable? I read someone used an h23 manual tensioner but i doubt this guys would us a different part from a different motor. any suggestions?
OMG, I started this thread four and a half years ago!
Sadly, the 1997 Prelude I was talking about back then was written off in January 2005 . Anyway, the belt noise problem was never fully sorted. I had the belts and tensioner replaced again but this time at an independent Honda Specialist who I still use for my current 2000 Prelude. Much better service and a lot cheaper too. After he done the service, the noise was very much reduced and was tolerable so I considered it sorted.
I eventually sort of got my money back from the Honda dealer. I sent them a letter giving them 3 options - 1) give me back my £270.38, 2) give me £270.38 worth of Honda parts of my choice, or 3) I'll take ya to court! They chose option 2 and I was happy that it was all over . ****ing arse holes.
To the best of my knowledge, as explained by my mechanic, the auto tensioner increases the tension after it has been tightened to the proper specs.. and if it is over tightened it will make that noise. I could be wrong, but 2 different mechanics both agreed that the auto tensioner by itself is not the problem.
Go the route of getting a manual tensioner, but if you had a mechanic do the work and then it started making that sound, I would tell him to loosen the belt until it is gone. Evidently, the belt will actually seem almost loose, but the autotensioner will take up the slack.
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I eventually sort of got my money back from the Honda dealer. I sent them a letter giving them 3 options - 1) give me back my £270.38, 2) give me £270.38 worth of Honda parts of my choice, or 3) I'll take ya to court! They chose option 2 and I was happy that it was all over . ****ing arse holes.
Good for you man! I was wondering what ever happened.
For loosening the timing belt its a give or take solution. Loosen the belt lose noise but increase chance of it slipping or keep it taught and embrace the noise?
well, just had my timing belt replaced and they discovered that my autotensioner was busted and replaced it, and now my lude is supercharged too! oh well, sounds cool to me
so is this whining sound bad cause mine just started today. I mean is it gonna cause internal damage or just the fact that it might be anoying srry for bringing this back from the dead lol
Sorry to drag this up, but on my quest to find a solution for this problem ive stumbled across this and im really hoping some of you guys have found an answer!
Me personally had just the belt changed and it created this problem, so i then changed everything, water pump, tensioner, the tensioner bearing etc, this fixed for all of 2 weeks and now its back more than ever?????
I'm pretty much convinced that it is something basically unfixable. It is annoying, but it costs too much to fix and is hopefully not too damging to the engine/belts. I have a 1 year warranty parts/service on my prelude for when they did the whole shabang in oct., and if the sond doesn't go away by july or at least mostly quite down, I'm gonna raise hell.....Or at least I'll try, it seems prelude UK went about as far as any average citizen could legally get, and still didn't get it completely fixed.
I'd say if you have the sound after getting you 90k job done, your probably skrewed.
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. Anyway, the belt noise problem was never fully sorted. I had the belts and tensioner replaced again but this time at an independent Honda Specialist who I still use for my current 2000 Prelude. Much better service and a lot cheaper too. After he done the service, the noise was very much reduced and was tolerable so I considered it sorted.
. ****ing arse holes.
I was wondering what ever happened.
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