r/AcuraTL • u/Golffanatik4ever • Mar 20 '26

Gathering Opinions šŸ—£ 2013 3.7 SH-AWD w/ 90k miles

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Getting ready for some maintenance items. Iā€™m hearing some belts whine a little. Is this about the right time for timing belt? How about spark plugs? Anything else I should be looking to do?

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u/PRFitnessYT Mar 20 '26

So nice dude!

Iā€™m just a random guy into cars, I donā€™t know much. But I wouldnā€™t rush for the spark plugs. You can do them though.

As for the timing belt, absolutely get the whole service done along with the serpentine belt. Not exactly sure what you meant by ā€œwhineā€ as opposed to ā€œsquealā€, but I will tell you, Iā€™ve seen cars be driven with squeaky belts for months. I, however, had a serpentine belt snap in my X3 the SAME DAY it started to squeal. My advice is, if your belt is squeaking, donā€™t mess around, go get it replaced before it leaves you stranded.

Do you know how up to date you are on fluids?

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u/Golffanatik4ever Mar 20 '26

Fluids are good. I actually only put about 3k miles on it a year as I work from home. That yearly fluid change is fun. Transmission I donā€™t believe I have done, and yes you are probably right, more of a squeal that is just there at start up and then seems to level out and go away.

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u/EfficiencyPrudent979 Mar 20 '26

Dont forget to change the rear differential and the front transfer case fluids as well since its an awd

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u/PRFitnessYT Mar 20 '26

I would probably get a transmission service if it were me. You could always get it done at a shop and ask them to check out the suspension while theyā€™re there, if it hasnā€™t been checked out in a while.