Tip: mark the old belt at the timing marks (before you remove it) and mark which way the belt faces you, then, on your work bench, stack the the new belt on top the old belt, mark the new belt same as the old .. put new belt on and line up the marks on the belt with those on the sprockets .. works every time.

This video is amazing, seeing you do this on an engine outside of the car really makes sense. Excellent video quality too.

This is great that you actually had a remove engine to break it down and have a clear display and explanation for setting up the timing belt. Kudos to you sir.

No wonders the cams wants to jump on you, You NEVER start the belt on the cam pulleys.. You start from the crankshaft > front cam pulley > water pump > rear cam pulley > tensioner. This way its almost next to impossible to jump the cam.. This is the official Honda Maintenance Manual procedure.

this video was as simple and as perfect as any video can be ! I salute you from over in the city of compton it helped out big time you are a great mechanic thank you very much and I look forward to seeing more of your future videos!

0:02 .....damn, that engine is clean 👍🏼

WOW, people like you should be teachers, many videos I watch they skip out on important detail, but you explain every little detail thank you.

Excellent video Sir! I have an excellent judge of character and I'm certain you are a good person, with a well deserved and well endowed falace. Good luck with the repairs and God bless America!

It’s a lot easier to understand when the motor is out and completely exposed. I’ll be doing my 07 odyssey in the near future. Currently 80k miles. Thanks for uploading.

Hi Mr. Melnik. You are very knowledgeable and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with the community. If you were near me in NC, you'd be my mechanic.

I just did mine had to replace the motor mount to it was toast! I started mine from the crank and went counter clockwise so that when you reach the notorious rear cam that loves to jump it can’t move because it’s already got enough tension on both sides once the teeth are on it! I also was taught this trick by a honda tech, you completely leave the tensioner pulley off but close enough to grab it right after wrapping the belt around the rear cam you’ll want to keep it tight by squeezing the belts together that are under the rear cam! Then you can slide the tensioner pulley right in between easier then you’ll have to hold the belt tight and put the tapered bolt in the pulley, so much easier than trying to stretch the belt over the pulley when already installed!

I want to thank you, you saved me a lot of money .honda wants to charge me 1500.to do this job . I bought the kit for about 100.online ,took me about 6hrs .....I find that following your was was the easiest The odyssey runs smoothly and beautiful..thanks again.

I'm about to do two of these. Made my life easier thanks man.

Great tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

Thank you it took me like 3 trying to get the timing right and thankd to this video it took me less then 5 min , great video

Thank you George, I was having trouble with the left cam gear moving when trying to wrap the belt tight enough to get it on the tensioner so I followed your method and installed the belt to the crank gear last and it worked great.

Thanks George for sharing this.. I wish I would have found this video first.. very helpful!

Well done mate. I just done my 2002 Acura cl. Water pump Replacement timing belt it's all good its runing now thanks

Wow, thanks for this video. I have confidence in doing this job now after seeing this.

Pretty simple and straight forward, I'd always use a new tensioner if fitting a new belt.

I my is Steve and I like the way you explain everything about you the timing Mark and u also take your time too to explain I do like that u must keep it up 👍 I can see that you are a very good mechanic

Thank you George for that video! Very informative grant. I like to do everything independently too. Also I try to help my friends))

Thanks for the video. Ill be changing mine today

Thanks. I’m going to tackle this summer.

Gracias profe , x compartir sus conocimientos. Se le agradece.

Great video, thanks! I wish it was that easy with the engine in the car :) Took me two days in my 2008 MDX.

Nailed it my friend you’re genius

Yeah ok sir, the tensioners take five minutes to compress slowly, like a clock, if you would've bearly put pressure on the vise it turns itself and slightly clicks of oil you can hear like a clock gear, I'm tierd of other mechanics ramming thoughs tensioners inn😑, it's hydraulic and there's lil seals in there your pushing back inside by using force, and later on failure accurs or premature belt failure at a shorter mileage happens or a rough idle and not smooth idle happens in which no one can figure out, but now you know, Ciao Bella*🙋

The factory repair manual shows that the last point for timing belt install is that left (facing enging from bumper) probably because it jumps like you said. In order it shows crank pulley, tensioner, right cam pulley, water pump, left pulley or "jumper".

Good job , I learn something from this video

I always like to count the number of belt teeth between sprockets prior so I make sure I don't jump a tooth when tensioning etc. And like the other poster said .. start from the crank pulley so it doesn't jump. Great video... Always nice to refresh before diving into this again.

!! Gracias amigo me fue de gran utilidad tu explicacion en hora buena,..

Thank you very much George ,for the great details video

Very cool to see the engine out to display and you going over the steps. One of the clearest video out there. One question which maybe an obvious question is I’m assuming you crank the crank bolt to line up before starting the job like your video?

Thanks for sharing really helped me get it done. Much appreciated. Gary

Thanks for the video. Very informative!

Looks pretty straight forward. I think I might need to do this on a 3.5

bro great video! i thank you many times over!

Amazing vídeo thanks a Lot from México city

tank you! good explanation. what about a beer after all that!

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO GOD BLESS U BRO..

THANKS!!!FOR THIS VÍDEO!!! IT WAS VERY HELPFULL TO ME...

Great job on how you explained it. Easy straight plain English. I also want to know if you have a video on how to replace your oil pump on this time of engine. I will be doing this on a Saturn Vue 3.5L engine. J series.

Excellent quality video .thanks

Thanks a bunch for this Excellent Video good job brother.

Great video perfect timing

Awesome video. Thanks man!

Great video George. Thanks

Good information I’m about to try in a few days

Thank you for advice Very helpful video

This video was very helpful 👏

Amazing. Thanks for the video.

Man I wish my J-series engine was this clean!

thank you for the two turn for timeing mark

very professional, can't be better explain don't need anything else to replace an set the timing belt thank you

Beautiful job thanks mate

Really good video. What do u do if the camshaft sprockets jump back after you slide the belt? I haven't released the tensioner pin. But when I slided the belt the sprockets jumped back, except the crankshaft sprucket. 🙁 That ine still on time.

Thanks for your great details video

❤great video! Thank you for sharing 🎉🎉🎉🎉

very well explained and nicely done.

Really good straight forward...Any Torque specs available? Thanks

For the tensioner your pin you can use a small allen wrench

hey George great video. Ive had a timing belt slip a tooth 3 separate times while simply rolling back in a driveway and just letting the clutch out while in gear (motor off) do you know of a factory bulletin or solution to fix this issue when the motor is inadvertently bumped backwards. I'm thinking the belt slacks up and slips a tooth or two. Anyway, just curious

great video! thank you!

Thank you very much. I have to do the timing belt and water pump on my odyssey 06. So I hope I'll get it right. . 1 question. What if one of the pistons shaft turn a little bit ? Do i have to give it a one full spin clockwise. ?

very heipful to see it done outside of car

Going to be doing mine soon. Never done it before but have watched several vids. Any tips appreciated

Thanks, it helped me understand it better. I have a Honda Pilot and it seems that it has problems with 2 cylinders, what do you recommend I do?

Great video, while in there, its wise to replace crank sensor

Thank you bro for the video ☝️

Fantastic video, straight forward. How likely am I to experience bent valves on my 2005 honda odyssey 3.5 jseries? My belt was replaced 18 months ago and I'm doing the job again. Not sure why the belt failed, as the engine didn't seem to show any signs of malfunction or issues. Just drove one day and jumped on the Express Way, while sitting in traffic the van just shut off and didn't want to start again. Low and behold had to get a tow back home. Any feedback would be gratefully appreciated. Helpppppp!

Great video!

I liked the video in general, I will change it myself

Excellent video! It was very helpful..thank you.

Very helpful, thank you,🤠👍

Nice video brother in the middle of oil pump gaket job on J Series 3.0 thank you !

Thanks my technician!

good video love it, thank you bro good jobs

I'm changing my water pump, do I have to put the points back on manually and do the 2 turns as well...

Great video thanks

When you take the motor mount out does the engine need support from the bottom or will it be fine?

Brother you have explained very well I am also a master of these vehicles

When the car is out of time is there a special tool the whole the camshaft in the exhaust gears to prevent them from shifting while adding tension on the Belt

Amigo una consulta te lo un Honda Legend motor 3.2 V6 año 92, hace poco estuvo en el taller, al momento de armarlo el mecánico hay unas mangueras de succión de aire que salen del camarín que no supo a dónde iban de casualidad tendrás un plano o imágenes a dónde van conectadas todas esas mangueras?

Excellent video! Hope you have a moment to respond to this; 2002 Acura TL. I aligned the camshaft pulleys and the crankshaft before removing the old belt and made reference marks on the old belt to coincide with the camshafts and crankshaft positions. Before installing the new belt, I aligned it tooth by tooth with the old belt and transferred the marks to the new belt. The camshaft marks align perfectly with the two camshaft pulleys but the crankshaft mark is one tooth out. I have carefully threaded the belt making sure there is no slack between the front camshaft pulley and the crankshaft pulley. I have done 5 timing belt replacement on other cars including this one with no issues and I understand the importance of correct timing. I have paused this timing belt replacement until I can figure out the problem. Any suggestions? Thanks

Great video thank you

Wow. Nicely done. Thanks. My engine is making that loud noise from this side. I think its my tensioner. Belts and pumps were replaced 2 years only and also this tensioner. Maybe needs resetting?

Great video

Looking for some help on my Saturn Vue 3.5, I was replacing a leaking water pump and for got to put everything at TDC before removing the belt... TOTAL screw up what do i need to do to get things back inline before replacing timing belt...l Thanks.

Thank you my bro! We have a 2010 SH-AWD TL with a faulty Hydraulic Tensioner. I have the replacement but from watching your video I'm going to buy the kit so I can replace the belt and water pump. Now is there a way to JUST replace the tensioner?

I love the video and some of the comments are helpful too which i appreciate. My question is,when i remove the belt,the markings of the gears will be in different areas right? So ill have to turn it and line them up to 12 oclock, before i put the belt and proceed like in the video?

I recently did the timing belt on the wife's 06 Ody. Month later the engine developed this horrible noise metallic sound when idling and couldn't determine where it was coming from and no check engine lights to narrow down the issue. Had to remove the crank pulley bolt and covers for inspection. Found a bad hydraulic tensioner that was not keeping the correct tensiosion. Replaced it with the original Honda brand and problem was solved. Side Note: I will for now on spend the extra money and buy OEM or AISIN to to have that peace of mind.

thank you for the information

great jop man keep on

So,what happened if one of the sprocket pops/move or even both moves,off the alignment marks,can you simply turn it back to line it up or you need to rotate it so many rounds to line it up?

Hello BundysGarage!!! Thank you for ur videos. I use a Honda Oddysey 2005 model, I just discovered that my engine has high starting which damaged my kick starter, I got another kick starter and it also has the same problem as my initial kick starter and I also discovered that my exhaust brings out tick light blue smoke and consumes lots of engine oil and also consumes fuel and I also discovered that when the car eventually starts, it brings out an unusual water release from the exhaust and much more when u raise the engine before moving. Could this be as a result of jump in TIMING BELT?

Thank u George !!!!

What's the easiest way to find TDC on piston #2, I believe this engine was cranked over a few times with the broken belt and I'm not sure where it's at. Should I use a inline spark tester? or a noid test light..

hello George, one question, I have a 2006 accord, it had the classic noise of the tensor as a sewing machine, I changed it and that sound was removed, but now the tensor leaked oil, what could that fault be? why did it leak? the band was placed correctly, so much so that the car worked normally for 15 days.... thank for readme

Is there any difference with a 2014 3.5 L engine?