So my timing belt snapped, installed it few months ago so don't think it was an install error. I think it was just a defective belt.
I know the valves are bent, I'm wondering if I can get away with just replacing the valves or is it likely the valve seats need to replaced as well?
Also would you replace all valve or just just the ones that are bent, not sure if machine shop cost would be different but from a performance standpoint I'm wondering if it would matter?

 

Where did you get the belt for future members reference to avoid

 

It was in Honda packaging bought off eBay, so could likely have been a knockoff but it also could have been OEM, hard to know. I have not pulled the snapped belt yet to verify

 

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If interested, Go Power train has the below service available:

 

Have you used their services before?

 

I would just grab a used head from a junk car and swap it out. SOHC head w/ cam goes for around $100 in my area.

Also, hope you swapped the auto tensioner out with the belt. I prefer manual ones myself.

 

No, not personally; however, Eric the Car Guy installed one of their automatic transmissions in his Honda Pilot and seemed impressed.
The salvage yard option, as mentioned above, is the preferable low cost alternative.
Good Luck.

 

There's hardly any salvage yards in the central US, it's not like California otherwise I would.

 

I'm no stranger to timing belts and yeah I used OEM parts.
Car honestly ran better when it was boosted

 

I take that back, there are some cars at a junkyard 90mins away. Thanks for the idea

 

If you're doing the valve job yourself, simply replacing the valves themselves are almost drop-in (plus some lapping), so it's pretty DIY-friendly. I'd also do the valve stem seals at the same time; might as well.

Doing the valve SEATS on the other hand.... is a much bigger job. You gotta press(??) the old ones out/new ones in, then I think need to be machined? Preferably multi-angle, so that needs to be brought to a machine shop, so there goes DIY.

 

If the valve is bent, what are the chances that the seat is damaged? Anyone done a valve job following a timing belt snapping?

 

Impossible to say for certain. Only way to know is to remove everything and inspect them.


From a SNAPPED timing belt? No.
From a timing belt install snafu.... yes, replaced 4 intake valves (and all 12 valve stem seals while I was at it), and that was it. Just lapped the valves into their old seats. Bingo bango bongo.

 

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