I have 87k on my 99 prelude, the auto tensioner is starting to act up it makes rattling noises. How much longer can I drive before I change the tensioner with the timing belt and water pump?
If I would hear my tensioner rattling I would turn the car off and go change it right away.....
If you want to take the risk of your valves taking a dump on you cause your timing belt got too loose it's your bussiness.........but a timing belt tensioner repair or change is something that I wouldn't take my time on
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93' Prelude SI
ENGINE:
-AEM EMS (still waiting to be installed)
-JDM LSD Trans
-2.3 SI redone all new seals gaskets - Auto To Manual Swap - Polished Head & Intake - 3 angle valve job - port job on head and intake mani - T3/T4 turbonetics turbo - South Florida performance manifold and 3' downpipe - TIAL 38mm wastegate - Blitz DD blow off valve - Stainless steel 2.5 charge pipes - 24x12x3 Hybrid intercooler - 3' APEXi n1 with 3' custom exhaust - APEXi AVC-R - 450cc's DSM - APEXi SAFC - Denso Plugs - Nology Wires - MSD Ingition & Coil - AEM Pulleys - CAT Removed
BODY:
-Custom Yellow Paint-Value Wide body Front Bumper-Black Widdow Sides & Rear-Z3 Fenders-Predator Hood-JDM Headlights (black housing)-APR DRAG Spoiler-18"Konig Trantum Wheels-Yokohama Parada Rubber-Koni Shocks-Ground Control Coilovers-Shaved Door Handles-Shaved Antena & Emblems-All Clear Lights
INTERIOR & AUDIO:
-Interior Painted Yallow & Silver-Sony CDX-600 Head Unit-All Alpine Speakers-4 Alpine Subs & 2 Amps-autometer tach-BLITZ 80mm Boost gauge-Autometer a/f gauge
damn i didn't know a rattling tensioner was THAT serious, what do you mean by "Valves taking a dump"? I better stop driving it a take it to the shop next week.
what I ment is that if it will get too loose your timing belt will skip and you gonna bent some valves....
are you sure that your timing belt tensioner is what makes the rattling?
maybe it's something else
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93' Prelude SI
ENGINE:
-AEM EMS (still waiting to be installed)
-JDM LSD Trans
-2.3 SI redone all new seals gaskets - Auto To Manual Swap - Polished Head & Intake - 3 angle valve job - port job on head and intake mani - T3/T4 turbonetics turbo - South Florida performance manifold and 3' downpipe - TIAL 38mm wastegate - Blitz DD blow off valve - Stainless steel 2.5 charge pipes - 24x12x3 Hybrid intercooler - 3' APEXi n1 with 3' custom exhaust - APEXi AVC-R - 450cc's DSM - APEXi SAFC - Denso Plugs - Nology Wires - MSD Ingition & Coil - AEM Pulleys - CAT Removed
BODY:
-Custom Yellow Paint-Value Wide body Front Bumper-Black Widdow Sides & Rear-Z3 Fenders-Predator Hood-JDM Headlights (black housing)-APR DRAG Spoiler-18"Konig Trantum Wheels-Yokohama Parada Rubber-Koni Shocks-Ground Control Coilovers-Shaved Door Handles-Shaved Antena & Emblems-All Clear Lights
INTERIOR & AUDIO:
-Interior Painted Yallow & Silver-Sony CDX-600 Head Unit-All Alpine Speakers-4 Alpine Subs & 2 Amps-autometer tach-BLITZ 80mm Boost gauge-Autometer a/f gauge
bent vavles....doesn't that mean your engine is pretty much gone? And even if the engine is running with bent vavles won't the car act pretty jacked up?
Yeah i m pretty is sure its a tensioner/timing belt thing it starts to make rattling noises after you drive it for about 10 miles, it only makes the sound when you hover around 1.5k-1k rpms, but once the AC is on you could even hear some rattling noises while accelerating.
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