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Anonymous Posted on Feb 28, 2009

1995 Honda civic - Replaced a bad water pump, and the timing belt broke. replaced the timing belt, but the car don't start. Won't tun over. Help

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    hi from the uk if you renewed water pump you should always renew timing belt and tensioner as recommended /never use belt twice no matter what milage ? however unfortunately with the belt now having broken may i ask? were you driving ? or did belt break whilst trying to start after w/pump renew ? i assume you timed up correctly the crank and cam ?b4 fitting belt? unfortunately a broken cambelt whilst engine is running does cause damage but if you are fortunate ?? you may only have bent some valves this is due to piston hitting valve heads whilst cam is not turning but crank is still moving pistons up/down out of timing? if you could verify? how/when belt broke as prev asked above ? i could advise you as to possible damage or not?? but the repair will req the cyl/head beng removed first to assess damage and estimate of repairs hope this helps ?

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    pull out all the spark plugs and see if it will turn over. If one of the cylinders was hydraulically locked due to water filling it, the water will have a place to come out--the spark plug hole.

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Not at all unusual for the timing belt to break and cause major mechanical problems inside of your engine. A failed timing belt can totally destroy your engine due to the extremely close clearences. That's why the strongly recommend a preventative replacement of the timing belts in all Hondas and Toyotas at specified mileage frequencies between 70,000 and 120,000 miles. Change the timing belt before it destroys the engine. You may now be at a point where only the Honda Dealer or authorized garage may be able to help diagnose the problem.

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SOURCE: 95 honda civic timing belt replacement process

If you have never changed a cambelt (timing belt) then it is not recommended that you attempt it. It is a job for a mechanic, as getting the cam timing wrong on reassembly is easy to do and can have disastrous consequences. It is easy enough once you know how, and if you are reasonably mechanically able, I'd suggest getting a repair manual for your vehicle that has a step by step procedure for timing belt replacement. Companies like Haynes produce very good repair manuals.

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SOURCE: I've replaced a timing belt on a 1995 Honda Civic

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SOURCE: honda civic vtec 1995 - 1998 engine wiring diagram

Go to your local library and ask the Librarian to get you on-line to the Automotive Repair Reference Center, and then to the EBSCO database...you will find all of your wiring diagrams there.

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SOURCE: belt routing diagrams for a 1995 honda civic

CLICK on the following LINK. It has all the Diagrams for your Belt that you will need.
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