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Honda civic question

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50Twuncle
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edited 29 December 2019 at 3:47PM in Motoring
I see that the Honda Civic 1.0 engine is described as "Cambelt-in-oil"
Any idea what this is and how reliable it is ?
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/honda/honda-civic-10t-ex-sport-line-road-test/?section=engine

Just discovered that Ford ecoboosts have the same set up
You learn something every day...

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  • cajef
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    I see that the Honda Civic 1.0 engine is described as "Cambelt-in-oil"
    Any idea what this is and how reliable it is ?
    Just a suggestion, why don't you try looking it up on Google?
  • Scrapit
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    cajef wrote: »
    Just a suggestion, why don't you try looking it up on Google?
    The same could be said for any question on any forum ever. ;)
  • AdrianC
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    I'd have thought it was a fairly self-explanatory description.

    It's a cambelt, not a chain.
    But it's running in an oil bath, like a chain.

    It's been around since 2007. It's lighter than a chain, fewer components. It's not proving utterly perfect in use.
  • facade
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    AdrianC wrote: »

    It's been around since 2007. It's lighter than a chain, fewer components. It's not proving utterly perfect in use.


    You wouldn't expect it to really, the reason Ford don't have many failures is an ecoboost normally blows up before the cambelt fails.:D
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
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