Hey all
can i just tell you a short version of some events that happend to me... and maybe pick you brains...
phoned up my local honda on monday morning, booked in on wednesday for a cam belt and valve clearence check...
drove to the honda garage for 1st thing wednesday morning, and was greeted with "sorry we couldn't get you cam belt" "the ek9 has a special belt"
1, nice of them to call me and let me know.. 2, does the ek9 have a "special" belt or are the b series belts all the same?
anyway... i asked them are you sure you have tried everywhere.. they said yes... so i asked for the next local honda dealers number.. i gave them a call and within 5mins i had them holding back the correct belt, I drove there myself and picked up the belt, and let me local honda work on the car,
went back later that day, and they told me.. "did you notice your car has a major miss-fire" i replyed "no.. I haven't noticed one" they took me out in the car and it was spluttering and unable to rev at all.. sounds very much like hitting the rev limiter all the way throught the revs.. but didn't get over 4-5k because it took so long... would run out of road..
they kept the car over night and re-did the work they had already done.. called me back in and said the car was fixed, as soon as i pulled out of the dealership the fault was very much still there... and told them to fix the car as when i brought it to them it did not have this problem,
they have made me pay for some new plugs/dizi/ht leads.. I have a feeling im being mugged off..
I didn't know if you guys wanted me to name the dealer so i have left it out..
but i would like to know if it sounds like plugs/dizi/ht leads or somthing much worse.. they have told me they have checked the timing on the belt and the valves..
if anyone could advise me on what to look out for/ask when i next pick it up. and/or if the belt is ek9 specific.
or just any comments is fine
can i just tell you a short version of some events that happend to me... and maybe pick you brains...
phoned up my local honda on monday morning, booked in on wednesday for a cam belt and valve clearence check...
drove to the honda garage for 1st thing wednesday morning, and was greeted with "sorry we couldn't get you cam belt" "the ek9 has a special belt"
1, nice of them to call me and let me know.. 2, does the ek9 have a "special" belt or are the b series belts all the same?
anyway... i asked them are you sure you have tried everywhere.. they said yes... so i asked for the next local honda dealers number.. i gave them a call and within 5mins i had them holding back the correct belt, I drove there myself and picked up the belt, and let me local honda work on the car,
went back later that day, and they told me.. "did you notice your car has a major miss-fire" i replyed "no.. I haven't noticed one" they took me out in the car and it was spluttering and unable to rev at all.. sounds very much like hitting the rev limiter all the way throught the revs.. but didn't get over 4-5k because it took so long... would run out of road..
they kept the car over night and re-did the work they had already done.. called me back in and said the car was fixed, as soon as i pulled out of the dealership the fault was very much still there... and told them to fix the car as when i brought it to them it did not have this problem,
they have made me pay for some new plugs/dizi/ht leads.. I have a feeling im being mugged off..
I didn't know if you guys wanted me to name the dealer so i have left it out..
but i would like to know if it sounds like plugs/dizi/ht leads or somthing much worse.. they have told me they have checked the timing on the belt and the valves..
if anyone could advise me on what to look out for/ask when i next pick it up. and/or if the belt is ek9 specific.
or just any comments is fine