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The manual calls for timing belt replacement at 60k and then at 110k on the V6.
Should I do the water pump also at 60k or could it wait til the 110k belt
change. Also, how tough a job is the belt change on this thing. It look a
little tight in there.
Thanks
Bill

On 03 Feb 2004 01:35:19 GMT, ultrastryk@aol.com (ULTRASTRYK) wrote:

>The manual calls for timing belt replacement at 60k and then at 110k on the V6.
>Should I do the water pump also at 60k or could it wait til the 110k belt
>change. Also, how tough a job is the belt change on this thing. It look a
>little tight in there.
>Thanks
>Bill

Do the water pump while doing the timing belt. It's too much of a
liability not to. Timing belt changes can be quite difficult
(especially for wedged in engines) if you don't have a good assortment
of hand/air tools.

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ultrastryk@aol.com (ULTRASTRYK) wrote in message news:<20040202203519.12662.00001439@mb-m29.aol.com>...
> The manual calls for timing belt replacement at 60k and then at 110k on the V6.
> Should I do the water pump also at 60k or could it wait til the 110k belt
> change. Also, how tough a job is the belt change on this thing. It look a
> little tight in there.
> Thanks
> Bill

If the water pump happens to seize, the new belt will break, and . . .

JM

ULTRASTRYK wrote:
> The manual calls for timing belt replacement at 60k and then at 110k on the V6.

Replacing it early shouldn't hurt anything but your wallet (and maybe
your time) -- my '99 Accord V6 owner's manual mandates that the timing
belt be changed at 105k miles on both the normal and severe schedules.
Ahm-ownerlink.com confirms this. That being said, I plan to have
mine done in a few months at 90k along with a new Honda water pump.

> Should I do the water pump also at 60k or could it wait til the 110k belt
> change.

My preference would be to do both, but I try to err on the side of
reliability with this type of thing. I would rather "waste" a few
hundred dollars than be left stranded in 5 degree weather with a car
spewing coolant.

> Also, how tough a job is the belt change on this thing. It look a
> little tight in there.

Tight enough to me that I will let the dealer do it! Others here will
certainly be able to tell you how difficult it really is.

> Thanks
> Bill

Good Luck!

-James