Reviving a $50 Honda Pilot: Broken Timing Belt Adventure! Will It Run? 🚙🔧

[@BadIdeasGarage]

For anyone wondering, just the valves needed to get done and it was ok!

[@xxxdpgxxxx1389]

On both cylinder heads ?

[@jptrainor]

Did the ECU report misfires on the cylinders with the bent valves? I'd expect yes. I'm curious how quickly it figures that out and gives you a clue exactly which head is damaged, if not both.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

I don’t have an overly advanced reader, but it did not pick up anything besides, a transmission error code which is unrelated. It ended up being OK after replacing just the valves :-)

[@oizukitom]

"Casey's timing solution" with the trademark symbol had me rolling. Thanks for the video.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Casey is the best. Thanks for the comment! He still drives it 😅

[@DJVR-q5t]

Broke the same as mine 180 on rear cam and bearly off on front cam belt still has tension. Im going to replae the set the marks and replace the belt. Wish me luck

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Let’s us know! Ours needed a few valves but was ok till the trans went out.

[@jfeeble]

😂 I was just commenting on your Ridgeline video about needing to do this job. I won't put it off any-longer after seeing this.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Smart; my dude!!!

[@robertpeck6453]

What was all that knocking/tapping? Broken valves caused by the broken timing belt?

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Yup! $8 of valves needed. And a timing belt kit 🤪

[@soikothassan6717]

Good Video man. Would've been happier if it worked but you know you gotta show the failures sometimes. So I say about 10% chance of the cylinder heads being good if the timing belt breaks

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Amazingly enough, it was only valve damage on this. I gave it to Casey who is the guy that was helping me in this video and he drove it for a bit! In true Honda fashion, the transmission went out😂 we think it’s torque converter this time.

[@soikothassan6717]

@@BadIdeasGarage oh yeaa, the Honda torque converter. Been suffering with that for the last 4 years. The car vibrates when I'm idling on Drive. Probably need to change it but its too much work so I just drive like that.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

@@soikothassan6717 but in true Honda fashion, you’ve been driving it for four years as is?🤩

[@soikothassan6717]

@@BadIdeasGarage Yea, haha. Its a 2009 Accord with 230k miles on it. I was gonna do it but then I thought, it's at the end of its life cycle and I don't have the means to take the transmission off and I don't wanna pay someone $1000+ to do it. Drove the last 80k miles with the torque converter like that, and it is still running good. I just put it to neutral when I'm at a traffic light so it shakes less. It wears out the motor mount faster tho.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

@@soikothassan6717 don't Dodge people pay good money to have a shaker hood? You have one already 😀

[@loualexander3408]

I would say get a new engine.

[@wilmarbarrick3194]

With 300K? At most a used engine. 300k is pretty much the limit on the suspension, bearings, prop shaft, and honestly transmission. All those things would need to have some life left before putting a dime into it. If you tried a head (it would probably need two). You never know what you'll find wrong with the valve train. Add head gaskets etc it's cheaper to drop a used engine in and pray.

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Pray we have! It looks like one of the heads is damaged and the other one is OK. So that’s where we are going to start. I looked into what it would take to get the engine in this and the whole thing has to come out of the bottom. I would definitely prefer a used engine, but doing the head is less work in my set up

[@import67]

I say rebuild the head

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Seems like we are head-ded that way!

[@onrdetailingnews802]

Buy ford explorer forever no timing belt

[@BadIdeasGarage]

We drive Mazdas now and those also have timing chains. Good idea!

[@onrdetailingnews802]

@@BadIdeasGarage samething Ford own Mazda tfr

[@BadIdeasGarage]

@@onrdetailingnews802they did only until 2015.

[@lucasalfredorinconmontiel145]

Porque tan sucia?

[@BadIdeasGarage]

Porque tiene una fuga de aceite. o 5.😅😂