Oh really now...

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I found a great deal on a civic but when i asked any issues or problems etc... The owner says none at all and that they just replaced the Timing Chain :headslap:...
Talk about ruining my ideas or maybe a chance of purchasing it :(

[silversol]

It cheap insurance to do the timing belt on any used import car over 100k miles to me. If they dont have proof of it being done i will just do it anyway. It cost me like 125$ in oem honda parts to do it on my civic. Should not be a deal breaker its just a maintance item. And with your buying a 2k car you cant expect people to spend the big money a shop will charge to sell a 2k car. Just like wanting new tires on a new car is it nice to have yes, But would you spend 400$ on tires just to sell a 2000 dollar car?

[oreign]

^ lol I think he just had his dreams shattered because the owner referred to it as a chain.

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^ lol I think he just had his dreams shattered because the owner referred to it as a chain.

This lol

[jonbuice5591]

wow what a fail. i had a deal fall through on something like this once because i went to look at a car that supposedly ran great and when i got there to look at it the owner popped the hood and pointed to the valve cover and said yeah i just replaced the air intake and then he proceeded to go to the back of the car and pointed at the exhaust and said my son just replaced the distributor. so i said ill let ya know and i dipped out.

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wow what a fail. i had a deal fall through on something like this once because i went to look at a car that supposedly ran great and when i got there to look at it the owner popped the hood and pointed to the valve cover and said yeah i just replaced the air intake and then he proceeded to go to the back of the car and pointed at the exhaust and said my son just replaced the distributor. so i said ill let ya know and i dipped out.

Lol I'd say show me how it fit there please

[Bacon]

Wait.....Honda's don't use a timing chain? :ninja:

[Sammich]

no he did a timing belt to timing chain conversion you douches....it offers exactly 28 whp when you make the conversion

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no he did a timing belt to timing chain conversion you douches....it offers exactly 28 whp when you make the conversion
lol

[bullet67]

doh!

[MeFryRice]

Wait.....Honda's don't use a timing chain? :ninja:

The new K-series has a timing chain; 2002-05 Civic Si & 2006-11 Civic Si. The OP didn't specify the year of the Civic.

[Bacon]

The new K-series has a timing chain; 2002-05 Civic Si & 2006-11 Civic Si. The OP didn't specify the year of the Civic.

LOL @ OP possibly missing out on a K-swapped Civic.

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LOL @ OP possibly missing out on a K-swapped Civic.
LOL I know right would be nice but more like H22 Ef and yeah guess i could have been a lil more specific. Thing is ive heard this same scenario before with other cars. Once was told the timing belt was changed on a SR I mean cmon know your facts before mentioning them ugh!