loki

I'm in a process of buying this gem. I was wondering if the original and only owner of the car is a fellow forum member. It would help me greatly if I had information if the timing belt was replaced. Here's the car, followed by history report. Thanks in advance.

https://www.carmax.com/car/25219299

https://www.carfax.com/api/consumers/578313015/report/email/e8b361ac3a19aa158927173786d05ef603f19b685b468da19c d137b04363eb7066c4e69236962ca0?s_id=c-1%7Cp-5%7Cmt-10%7C&partner=VHU_G&et_id=5862654

TLbullet

Just curious what was asking price? Looks like u bought it! Good luck. Great car. I have 50k on mine. I did the belt this summer. If it helps i inspected the belt and it looked like it was in great shape and didnt need to be done. Im in NYC are so take climate into consideration of where ur car has been.

dvd2012tl

Loki, I would not change the belt out with that low a mileage. There are some who may disagree due to very conservative guidance that around 7-10 years the belts should be replaced regardless of mileage. The mileage limit is 105K miles. I have changed the belt twice on my TL and once on my wife's RDX after ~120k mile intervals. The belts were still in great shape when removed.

You can inspect the belt fairly easily. Park your car with the front wheels turned fully to the right. Remove the front bank timing belt cover (five 10mm bolts). Now you can inspect the belt entirely by inserting a 19mm socket (with long extension) past the front of the right tire through a cut out opening in the inner wheel well liner to the crankshaft pulley. Slowly rotate it clockwise (that's important) until you have inspected the entire timing belt as it rotates around the front camshaft pulley. Mark it with a sharpie when you start and slowly rotate it till the mark re-appears. This will take two complete revolutions of the crankshaft pulley.

Inspect the ridges on the interior of the the belt for wear or cracking.Barring any visual cracking or fraying found on either side of the belt, I would drive it to the mileage limit.

loki

Thank you 😊 I paid $20K flat. I think that price is more than fair for a one owner low mileage, meticulously maintained 6MT. I wish carfax link worked, the amount of maintenance done is incredible. I'll attached few photos.

Thank you, I'll see if I can pull that off. Much appreciated the detailed instruction for inspection.

SilverJ

20K is a great price for that car. I sold mine that was a 2012 with 52000 on it for a few thousand more. 6MT are REALLY hard to find. Good luck with it!