Hey everyone,

Yesterday I had the timing belt service done to my 2005 RL with 103K Miles. Labor ran me $375 and the parts $500 due to needing a side motor mount as well.

The side mount was ripped to shreds. I knew it was bad, but I did not think it was that bad. The car rides much nicer now with that taken care of. While they were working on the job, we noticed the tensioner was leaking, BAD. I am glad that I took the car in when I did, because if the tensioner were to lose tension, the engine might have been toast!

Overall the service went smooth. The point of this post was to let people know to not procrastinate on getting that service done as the timing belt itself, is not the only part that can fail in that part of the motor.

One other thing we noticed and that I was wondering if anyone had info on, the welds on my sub frame seem to be cracking. Does anyone know if Acura/Honda has a lifetime warranty on the welds for the subframe? I've never seen the welds cracked on a subframe, not even on wrecked vehicles. Thanks in advance

 

Kinda $$$ for belt and mount.
I sold wifes TL at 103 K to bypass this.
FWIW I had a '91 Legend w motor mount problem.
Cracked frame wells is bad and out of warranty {7 years}.
I only have seen them cracked on wrecked damaged cars.

 

I'm due for mine, I hope to get through the holidays before I get it done.

 

Was this a Honda dealer or third party mechanic?

 

Third party. A friend of mine owns a a Japanese Auto Shop

 

its great that you caught the tensioner when you did. my 05 is about to hit 90k and I'm wondering when would be the right milage. i was told 90k-100k is timing belt

 

Timing belt service is 105K miles. not sure why its 105, not 100, but that's what it says.
I had mine done at the dealer. I believe the standard quote was 1100, but they had a "special" on and I got it done for just over $900. including the other maintenance items in that service

 

It's 105k, because the longest warranty available is 100k... ho ho

 

98,564mi.... ahhh, man!

 

I believe everything is based off of the 7k mi oil change. 105/7 = 15. Since you are already there to get your oil changed, might as well throw in a timing belt too.

 

I like what I hear - I have more miles to burn until then but definitely good to know.

 

i would have bought the parts my self i got a timing belt kit on here from a vendor for $370 shipped with new tensioners and water pump idler pulley

 

I bought the parts myself. I got the tensioner and idler pulleys, belt, water pump, and motor mount for $400. That motor mount was $160 Only thing I didnt buy beforehand was the tensioner, didn't think I needed it but oh well. Worry free for another 100K

 

where did you get everything for $400?

 

acuraoemparts.com aka delray acura

 

man you could have got the whole kit for $380 and i mean everything.

also i have 2 motor mounts broken on my for about a month now, i took to dealer and hopefully warranty will cover it. how much was labor you said, and which shop was this? also is it best to do spark plugs as well if your doing all this right?

 

Well I paid $240 for everything minus the motor mount so I didnt come off too bad. If youre still under warranty, your mounts should be covered. When I had my TLS under warranty they were giving me new mounts every 3-4 months Labor was $350-375 and it was at Asian Imports in Glendale MD. Might want to have them check the tranny mount too cause I just bought one of those as well as mine was in pretty bad shape. I'm going to get that put in today along with the lightweight stock sized pulley.

 

well car is at dealer now and havent herd from my adviser to see if its covered. i dont have acura warranty i have a third party warranty when i bought the car.

also what does the stock size pulley do, sorry for that question. most of azine probably think im a doop.

 

It lightens the rotational mass of the engine allowing it to work less harder and improving acceleration

 

What happened with the TL-S that your mounts were being replaced so often? That is pretty unusual.

 

Me taking it to the track every weekend along with it being supercharged I do know its unusual for most to go through them so often

 

jsut did the timing belt job with my mechanic buddy over the past weekend....
also, my mount next to the drive belt is bad as well....i guess the right side engine mount breaks easily

 

Yea the side mounts on the J series are kinda notorious to go bad between 60-90K miles which in turn puts stress on the rest of the mounts especially the transmission mount.