So I have a 1992 Honda Prelude Si 5-Speed 2.3L H23A1. I was driving home on the parkway yesterday and out of nowhere my RPM's drop to zero and I lose my power steering. All of my gauges and power sourced accessories were still running which indicated it was not the alternator or the battery. Then I applied more pressure to the gas and my battery and oil light went on (same as if the car stalled). I tried to pop the clutch with someone who has done it a million times and I got nothing at all. When I tried starting the car all you heard was a spinning sound but nothing was catching or turning. I had a mechanic replace my alternator and battery but I had no luck. He then told me it was the timing belt that snapped and there may be other problems wrong with it. He said for him to fix it, it would be $375 for the labor plus the belt. He also told me there may be other problems. I don't really trust this mechanic but I can only go to him for certain reasons. I would just like some opinions from you guys as to what else can be broken, is the price good and what could have caused this. Any other additional comments would be wonderful, thanks in advance guys.
Well other issues you'll run into with a shredded timing belt is bent valves, which can get expensive very quickly. Not sure what a timing belt could do to cause electrical issues. Good luck man.
Well other issues you'll run into with a shredded timing belt is bent valves, which can get expensive very quickly. Not sure what a timing belt could do to cause electrical issues. Good luck man.
Thanks for your input, there are no electrical issues though as the car died and I just drained the battery. Anyone else have something to add?
If you have a 10mm socket, ratchet and a 10mm wrench you can pull the valve cover and find out. On the H23a1 if I remember from back when I had one you don't even have to remove the PS line, just the harness going to the alternator and the valve cover comes right off of course after removing the acorn nuts holding it down.
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Bent valves, rods, pistons could be shot due to valves hitting them and could also be metal shavings/chuncks everywhere depending on what went wrong. Not a good sign. Your mechanic is being straight up with you. You wont know what is completely wrong until you open up the head.
So I fixed the timing belt and found that the 2nd and 4th valve are bent. What I am going to do is fix this and then buy a new car. What are your suggestions I do with my prelude? I'm short for money and need to get rid of it ASAP but need as much money as possible. What do you guys think?
I had an '88 Lude for only 3 weeks when the timing belt broke, and also bent a couple of valves. You can replace just the bent valves with new one as long as the didn't scar the the head. Valves are pretty cheap, the best thing to start that process is to get a good repair guide either a Haynes or Chilton(can be bought at local chain autoparts store ie autozone). They will give you step by step instructions as well as a few illustrations, its not the easiest job, but doable. Good luck!
I had an '88 Lude for only 3 weeks when the timing belt broke, and also bent a couple of valves. You can replace just the bent valves with new one as long as the didn't scar the the head. Valves are pretty cheap, the best thing to start that process is to get a good repair guide either a Haynes or Chilton(can be bought at local chain autoparts store ie autozone). They will give you step by step instructions as well as a few illustrations, its not the easiest job, but doable. Good luck!
I do need a new head, I have tons of friends that could easily put a new one on for me but I don't have time for mistakes or issues. I need to get a head through the mechanic and have him do the work as he told me if there are any other issues he will fix them for free.
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