Are you sure it's a belt or a chain?

Regardless, why do some people often question the Owner's Manual? Some
want to change the recommended oil type or viscosity, others the
coolant type or in this case, the maintenance schedule.

If the maker doesn't know when to change the belt, then who does? If
they state 105,000 miles that's what it is. If you feel better, just
do it at 90K-100K miles. ;-)

Additionally, call the dealer or go by the service department and
ask...that's what I did re: changing my ATF to synthetic...to be SURE
it was okay.

But I WILL say that if you need to do some OTHER engine work before
that time -- let's say a water pump at 60-80K or so -- and that
requires you get pretty far into the engine where it wouldn't be much
more trouble to change go ahead the belt, then do the belt ALSO at
that time...so you don't have to go that far in again anytime soon
just for a belt. This is usually recommended on most of the "enhanced"
maintenenance schedules which is a smarter way to do these things.

Otherwise, I'd do what the manual says...and just enjoy your Odyssey.

John D.




"Dick M." <webmiles (AT) coxREMOVE (DOT) net> wrote

IMSO, that's is way too long to wait. To have peace of mind one should
change it, water pump and all belts annually. That way you'l be
99.99999999999% sure the belt won't fail and destroy your valves.

I know you probably heard 60,000 miles at one time. They did this only
because they did not have suffcient data to confirm the limits so they used
60k, as a safe figure. Later on, they extended it to 90k using the same belt
in the same car. Older manuals still stated 60k but newer manuals stated
90k. They are slowly going up as they have more experience and confidence.
So rest easy. As for water pumps, if you maintained your coolant ( Honda
Coolant) with regular changes, your water pump is likely to be still good
enough to stay in there. It's up to you.
"Dick M." <webmiles (AT) coxREMOVE (DOT) net> wrote