mike

>
> If you're in there for the water pump, go ahead and change the belt at
> the same time so you don't have to repeat the labor for the belt.


water pump sprung a leak in moms mitsubishi. they told her it needs a new
pump and timing belt. i had to explain to her why they werent ripping her
off. guess it needed a tensioner pulley too.

Alex Rodriguez

In article <elmop-665E6A.16415506052004@news.usenetserver.com>,
elmop@nastydesigns.com says...

>ALWAYS replace the water pump along with the timing belt. They're in
>the exact same VERY HARD TO GET TO location, so they share the labor.
>Once you're in there for one, it's just the part cost to do the other.
>
>You'd hate to change the timing belt one week, then discover a water
>pump leak the next. You'd pay for the same large amount of labor all
>over again.

Makes you wonder why the geniuses at Honda don't change the location of
the waterpump so that a bad pump won't ruin your engine. You also won't
end up changing waterpumps unecessarily.
----------------
Alex

Elmo P. Shagnasty

In article <c7g6ck$9tn$9@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
Alex Rodriguez <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote:

> >You'd hate to change the timing belt one week, then discover a water
> >pump leak the next. You'd pay for the same large amount of labor all
> >over again.
>
> Makes you wonder why the geniuses at Honda don't change the location of
> the waterpump so that a bad pump won't ruin your engine. You also won't
> end up changing waterpumps unecessarily.

The geniuses at Honda make design decisions that are overall better than
the design decisions at most other automakers.

When Honda does something, like require valve adjustments, it's for a
reason. Overall, their stuff works better and cheaper than anyone
else's.