09 Honda Accord 2.4 when is Time for new timing chain

[@jasonmilloy1871]

Amazing. Keep the in depth videos coming for the single dad's that are broke backyard mechanics

[@staypositive4358]

This is super helpful! Thank you so much for showing us this! I was wondering how to asses my timing belt and now I know how. I think my timing chain is off due to rough idling and loss of power. Thanks again!

[@scrubbie420]

thanks helped alot.....dont worry about your angles you still got the point across

[@zacharymeos2047]

My first time watching one of you videos. You did a great job my friend!

[@aleski4090]

Valuable information. Thank you for your time put into making this video.

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Thank you for watching the video!

[@edthompson1727]

Thanks for the info. I have 120,000 on my 2010 accord. I will be changing mine soon.

[@EncryptEdits]

Holy shit I got my 2010 at 120 also 🤣

[@philipgil8029]

I just got a 2009 with 118k miles 🤣 do you think I can hold off on replacing it? Or should I just get it done considering I have to replace the VTC actuator now? Thx :)

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

I really think it could be smart to do but not really nesessary if the car was well taken care of But it’s always a failure part of this engine

[@kylebainter8595]

Jus bought an 09 Honda Accord EX-L yesterday, the owner took great care of it, and did inform me it could use a timing chain. It does have the rattle upon starting it and lasts maybe a full second. This is going to be my daily driver back and forth to work which is only 5 minutes away so there will be a lot of starting and stopping weekly and frequently. I am mechanically inclined and that looks easy enough to follow. How long from start to finish should this take me? Almost everything else on the car has been changed recently. Front end upper and lower everything, control arms, brakes, rotors, etc. Gonna do a full synthetic High mileage oil change along with plugs, wires, etc. Oil looks great currently and smells as should. Please respond when able to, Thank you very much. The VTECH motors are phenomenal motors and can last forever with proper maintenance!

[@memopadilla5931]

did you do the chain ?

[@kylebainter8595]

@@memopadilla5931 , No, I have not yet. I had 2 vehicles down at the same time as I was replacing the Overdrive servo piston and snap ring on my 04 F150. Took 4ever for the upper/lower valve body gaskets to get here, but got er done late Thursday night and buddy of mine and I took it out earlyier 2day and diag'd it front to back top to bottom and it is as if it is brand new. New catch balls too. So, now that is done I have a couple busy weeekends coming up, but hopefully within a month I will have it up and running. Honestly, the guides do not look bad at all, but if I am having to set crank off reset cams and all that might as well just do it right and be done. VVT sprocket and full chain kit is all I need. I am confident it didn't bend any valves, but gonna comp test each cylinder to be sure.

[@kylebainter8595]

Oh, sorry different response to a different video. No, I like a fool kept driving it, and finally not once but 2 times the chain jumped or the VVT sprocket locked up, something but it is at TDC the crank, and the cams are 8 teeth off. I parked it immediately. It still drove, and no valve tapping cylinder head noises, but won't know til we pull crank pulley, chain cover and pop chain off rotate crank 90 cw then reset and lock out cams. Gonna be a 2 man deal if I am trying to do it in a day anyway once I can afford the whole shebang!

[@MrFakherabbas]

Excellent video

[@jif8802]

It was not easy to see, but I got the main idea. Thanks!

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@shobud7561]

@@GeneralMechanicGA so your sayig always set tthe timing on the second mark on the crank pulley , instead of the first mark , it whitch i always thought the first mark on the crank pulley was TDC ?????

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

I set crank pulley there just to check my time to see any misalign but setting time to installation should be TDC I give little slack just in case any stretch on chain but is just me You can always follow specs to do this type of work!

[@tayomas6552]

Thanks a lot great info👌🏾 I hope to see more on this car I have an 2009 Honda accord 2.4l and it's been driving slow with check engine light, VSA AND !. Try so many fixes and spent a lot of money. So far nothing has worked. I think it's the timing chain because of the noise its making when I start the car. The sound is similar to a chain rattling.

[@MrJfalloon]

Did you ever figure out the problem with the VSA light and "!" I have same problem, along with the grinding noise at start. After running diagnostics,I was told the Camshaft Position Sensor needs to be replaced. Now trying to figure out if I need to replace VTC Actuator and/or Timing Chain

[@delizahmartinez1268]

try to change out the relays also, clean the throttle body put and new relay for that aswell. spark plugs transmission flush aswell

[@staypositive4358]

If you have a loud noise on cold stars that's your VTC Actuator. I've had to replace mine twice. Its a Honda defect.

[@dallaswilliams5764]

Yea mines making rattling noise also like on the driver side near the floor

[@em2-jay195]

You don’t always have to replace the actuator it can be the spring inside

[@jack8356]

Im the 4th owner and my car has 150k miles on my 2010 accord. My does not have any rattle or anything. I was wonder if i should have my timing chain replaces along with all the cover seals along with it. No engine, no trouble light on the dash. Never checked with a scan tool

[@danjones3402]

Many never replace them but I think I will do mines at 190k-200k just to be safe since I plan on keeping the car.

[@kennygroth4938]

You guys are idiots. Don't replace things that work.

[@d0ntReadOnMe108]

What are the other three marks on the harmonic balancer for?

[@brians7875]

Good info! Thank you!

[@jovonnesmith5003]

You a cool dude I can tell 🎯

[@michaelthompson3359]

Good job on this video.

[@happysawfish]

Excellent information! Did the new timing chain make it right? How long in real time to do a job like that?

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Yes that was it! Well I just did a 2009 this week and it was done by lunch time so I would say 4 hrs to complete the task! Thanks for watching Please subscribe for more

[@dontay12345]

@@GeneralMechanicGA mines is off just like that are these interference engines

[@cmackscott761]

My daughter MAY have had two simultaneous problems with her 2008 Honda Accord 4cyl engine. The starter was going bad by not engaging with the flywheel after several tries. Finally, the starter would engage and the engine would always start up and run fine right to the last breath of the starter. There was a brief rattling sound sometimes during startup. We had a shop install a new starter. The new starter turns the engine over just fine but the engine simply won't fire up. The original repair shop said sorry Charlie here's your bill. I think it's possible the original mechanic that installed the starter broke something removing the intake manifold. A mobile mechanic determined the plugs weren't getting spark. Could a slipped or broken timing chain affect spark and could a timing chain issue be responsible for the new issue of failure to start?

[@nathanshelton2030]

Mine is at 165,000 I just had to change crankshaft position sensor now it's saying cam shaft sensor needs replaced. Mine is 2008 2.4 ex-l automatic it's beautiful rides out good and it's just showing codes for sensor but could be timing chain.

[@094340]

Thanks man. I just bought a 2009 Accord, same as that one, only to find out that it has a cold start rattle, which is directly related to the VTC, the tensioner, and of course the timing chain. It's a done deal now, so I have to deal with it. I'm worried that the rattle has been going on for a long time, because I just bought the car at 145K miles. So, are you saying that if the timing chain is stretched, those lines won't line up? Could there be any other reason other than the belt itself? And if the timing belt needs to be replaced, should I also replace the VCT and the tensioner as well? Also, will the CEL be triggered if the timing chain is starting to fail? Right now, the car runs great, no issues other than the startup rattle. So I'm hoping that the belt is still OK.

[@pinoRay]

Awesome video. I thought I did top dead center correctly, but I screwed up. I was replacing the VVT actuator on the camshaft. When I placed the camshaft back on top of the valves, the timing chain was not aligned to timing dot on the VVT actuator. To make matters worse I rotated the crankshaft to see if Dot would align with the chain but didn’t not work. The chain fell from both sprockets and everything is out of time. How would you set proper engine timing with the camshaft? Any advice would help. Thank you

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

I have a video on how to set this engine in time Should give you the marks and ideas on how to do it!.. Thanks for watching

[@pinoRay]

General Mechanic thank you. The difference in the timing is that my camshaft is not secured with the bolts, and timing is completely off from the crankshaft.

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

You should should be able to reset the time after you remove the front timing cover

[@pinoRay]

General Mechanic thank you for your help. I will see if I can remove the crankshaft bolt!

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

A good impact gun will make it! I have a 3/4 drive and a 19 mm socket and it’s a cake to it

[@gloglo1275]

My 08 accord has sometimes issues with super long cranking time. I was getting the code for crankshaft sensor. Replaced it and it was still there so I returned and cleaned the old sensor. It was working for a while but occasionally the long cranking was going on. Eventually it developed codes for misfiring. It as cylinders 2,3, and random. So I went through the whole list of things(it has brand new spark plugs, ignition coils are all working, 4 injectors are working) and still misfiring.

[@ucbgabe]

Oh my goodness... I have had the exact same problem with my 09 accord. Word for word, same problem, same code. Did replacing the timing chain fix it?? Or have you found another fix?

[@gloglo1275]

@@ucbgabe Well it wasn’t the timing chain at all after all. The issue was the vtec solenoid on the back of the engine. I did replaced the gaskets on all of them, and cleaned the solenoid on the side.

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

That was my problem!

[@gloglo1275]

@@GeneralMechanicGA Funny because nobody ever suggested that. I stumbled upon that by mistake. I was about to replace the timing chain. I even posted here 4 months ago and no luck.

[@ucbgabe]

@@gloglo1275 So it just required a cleaning? Mechanic said that timing chain should be replaced anyway, so they're going to open up the engine. I guess it shouldn't cost any more in labor to check the vtec solenoid and see if it needs cleaning? And then an inexpensive part if it needs to be replaced? Let me know what you think and I'll tell my mechanic

[@avrilmai1347]

Just got my timing chain replaced on my 2010 Honda Accord. Seems to be driving fine. But when I stop at a red light I hear a clicking noise from under the hood sounds like it’s coming from passenger side. It never made any noise up until now after I replaced it. Do you have any suggestions on what it can be?

[@marcocolon8815]

Bump

[@thelastmojican4480]

Could you tell me if this car a direct fuel injection ? If yes does it have carbon build up problems?

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

To what i know is not a direct injection I don’t remember have any problems at shop with carbon buildup on this engine

[@thelastmojican4480]

@@GeneralMechanicGA Thank you sir

[@tonym9910]

Could it be that the marks on bottom are at tdc but on the exahust or compression stroke? I know one can be aligned but if you turned it again till tdc maybe everything would line up? io

[@kinggenius6660]

😂👍👍👋 hello from Central Florida USA good job! What state and city are you in?

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Central GA

[@tydempson3932]

I have the same honda bout 180,000 miles keep getting the p300 302 303...so I changed all 4 plugs and 302 303 igtion coils and bout two weeks later the same code

[@EncryptEdits]

You’re a fucking beast, I love you

[@acura1384ify]

I have an 08 accord it trow a code of cranckshaft senssor i replace it but still the problem my crar cranck but not start i ddnt take good care ab the engine oil .. some peolle told me that timing chain may be streched cus de bad care ab the engine oil .. do you think can be the timing chain streched ? Is the problem why my accord dont start? Engine crancks but not start...

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Mmm in the years I haven’t seen that brine not start for the timing chain being stretched

[@acura1384ify]

Thanks two mecanics they told me that may be the ecu.. but it cranks but no start hope is the timing belt i dont think is the ecu ..

[@shobud7561]

Good point thanks for the video. But if the first mark on the crankshaft pulley is TDC why should it be on the second mark ?

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Thanks for watching Remember i like to point at second one when checking a existing chain For any stretch that there might be Remember from one of those marks to the other one would not be a full chain link difference so we ok there!

[@shobud7561]

@@GeneralMechanicGA Thats makes sense . Thanks for the reply , and again thanks for the video ..

[@shobud7561]

I hope you make a video on this vehicle as you install the chain .

[@tonym9910]

Remmeber there are 2 tdc points. Im not sure but if you would heve turned it again to reach tdc maybe everything would align

[@freshness4214]

Bro my mechanic said I need a new chain but now he saying I need a used engine and trying to sell me one. Do.i.need the chain only

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Man I don’t want to say cause every case is different but if it’s the same problem I got it fixed by replacing the timing kit!

[@freshness4214]

@@GeneralMechanicGA he didn't said none of valves , springs, gasket, cylinders was broken or engine was done. What was us hon symptoms did it turn off while driving or stalled at high speed and mad that loud sound

[@danjones3402]

New chain to new engine? I would check multiple mechanics. How many miles on it? You keep up with the oil changes?

[@angelo9534]

You should change the vtc actuator that is a problem with the k20 motors that why are timing is off

[@Elchullaquiteno1]

How do u put it back in timing

[@GeneralMechanicGA]

Thanks for taking the time to watch! Please check my video on how to set timing chain on a 2010 honda accord!

[@DroppBoy_Jay]

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