I posted in my threads that My daughter's 05 Honda Element had a catastrophic belt tensioner failure. I went to get in Mesa, near Phoenix and bring it to Havasu. 01 burb towed it on a uhaul car trailer no sweat. I had to get my 77 off the lift that took me a couple days to button up.
Got it on the lift this afternoon.
The failure seem the belt tensioner wasn't tightened down, the bolts holding it to the block are MIA. Power steering pump bolts to the tensioner and those 2 bolts are broken, plus the pump is leaking like a sieve. When the belt lost tension it overheated and blew the tanks on the radiator. The radiator appeared to be old the tanks were grayish and brittle. One of the 2 fans has been replaced. but the ham handed idiot that did the job, did more harm than good.
I ordered new motor mounts Friday while it was on the trailer. Well this car has had new mounts, The front mount seemed to be wearing poorly had some cracks in the rubber. I changed that. As I removed the bolts into the trans the ears fell off.
I am not sure it was installed correctly. It only goes in 1 way, but the ears don't sit flat. Not sure but I think there may have been a spacer on the lower bolt hole. I added one, actually the bigger broken piece off the old mount, it seem ed to line great,. and not put the ears on a bind.
The MAW shotgun is out.
New
Water pump
All rubber coolant hoses
thermostat
radiator
belt tensioner
Belt
power steering pump
power steering pressure hose
power steering return hoses
power steering reservoir hose
front mount
pass side upper mount, was new but covered in p/s oil
trans service
transfer case service
rear diff service
oil change
sway bar bushing and links
Abs light is on the front left sensor wire was not attached to the strut, and rubbed on wheel. Who ever replaced them did not transfer the bracket for the wire clip.
front O2 because is original
Check a/c performance when cooling system is brought up to par.
nut and bolt check, I am going to put a wrench on any bolt that looks like it has been touched before.
Purchased this car last July. I did get to do some work to it last fall, new front brakes, oil change, rear shocks, new tires, found some missing fasteners, and loose fastener under neath, only so much you can get to on few day visit.
Got it on the lift this afternoon.
The failure seem the belt tensioner wasn't tightened down, the bolts holding it to the block are MIA. Power steering pump bolts to the tensioner and those 2 bolts are broken, plus the pump is leaking like a sieve. When the belt lost tension it overheated and blew the tanks on the radiator. The radiator appeared to be old the tanks were grayish and brittle. One of the 2 fans has been replaced. but the ham handed idiot that did the job, did more harm than good.
I ordered new motor mounts Friday while it was on the trailer. Well this car has had new mounts, The front mount seemed to be wearing poorly had some cracks in the rubber. I changed that. As I removed the bolts into the trans the ears fell off.
I am not sure it was installed correctly. It only goes in 1 way, but the ears don't sit flat. Not sure but I think there may have been a spacer on the lower bolt hole. I added one, actually the bigger broken piece off the old mount, it seem ed to line great,. and not put the ears on a bind.
The MAW shotgun is out.
New
Water pump
All rubber coolant hoses
thermostat
radiator
belt tensioner
Belt
power steering pump
power steering pressure hose
power steering return hoses
power steering reservoir hose
front mount
pass side upper mount, was new but covered in p/s oil
trans service
transfer case service
rear diff service
oil change
sway bar bushing and links
Abs light is on the front left sensor wire was not attached to the strut, and rubbed on wheel. Who ever replaced them did not transfer the bracket for the wire clip.
front O2 because is original
Check a/c performance when cooling system is brought up to par.
nut and bolt check, I am going to put a wrench on any bolt that looks like it has been touched before.
Purchased this car last July. I did get to do some work to it last fall, new front brakes, oil change, rear shocks, new tires, found some missing fasteners, and loose fastener under neath, only so much you can get to on few day visit.
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. Once I got it running I discovered one cooling fan didn't work, replaced that. got for a test drive, check engine light comes on, No knock sensor signal, engine loses a bit of power. Continue road test Battery lamp comes on, scan tool shows alt at 0%, battery 11.7v. Get it back and check every thing after a restart I have knock sensor sig and alt is charging. I have an intermittent open. Scan tool showing voltage, knock sig voltage, and battery voltage, shove up to windshield so I can watch it. Grab the suspected wire loom near the suspect connector, with my long fingers, no way my arm fits, but it is a good guess I can make the the reading switch off and on. So now I have to inspect this connector. Easiest way is to remove the inline trans fluid filter, and reach up from the bottom, but I can't get 2 arms in there so hold on side of connector with long needle nose and check the female pins, I have a few unused pins to test the fit all 3 pins are stretched. getting them out and squeezing them tight again took forever, many swear words, and several coffee breaks, I can way to close to administering a 44 cal vaccination 2 many times. I know the knock sensor has been an issue before. There is a brand new looking sensor and the wire loom has been opened up. I should have remembered that it had a code in past, my daughter had the codes read at autozone last spring.
, but low oil = low oil pressure = skipped chain. Good engines overall, glad my tensioner is easier to get to, that sounds terrible.
