Price Check (Timing belt, Water Pump, major service)

Hello Everyone,

I have accord 93. 190K km. I am planning to have its Timing belt
replaced. I called High River Honda (http://www.highriverhonda.com In
Alberta, Canada) and they gave me a quote of

Timing Belt (Including Parts and Labor): $230 Canadian
Water Pump (Including Parts and Labor): $170 Canadian
Major Service (http://www.highriverhonda.com/major.html): $270
Canadian

The guy said it will take one day and he will give me a loaner.

I purchased this accord used and am not sure if it needs any service.
Do you think this is a good price and I should go for it?

Thank you

 

That's a pretty darned good deal he's giving you. If you don't know
about the timing belt, get it changed.

 

That's a pretty darned good deal he's giving you. If you don't know
about the timing belt, get it changed.

 

That is a pretty good deal for a Honda dealership. Cheapest I could find
was $450 for a timing belt, water pump and labour at a cash-only
mechanic (he worked on my 94 Accord EXR before, and did a great job, but
the parts were not OEM so I decided to go with a Honda dealership instead).

Cosmin

 

That is a pretty good deal for a Honda dealership. Cheapest I could find
was $450 for a timing belt, water pump and labour at a cash-only
mechanic (he worked on my 94 Accord EXR before, and did a great job, but
the parts were not OEM so I decided to go with a Honda dealership instead).

Cosmin

 

Ok I will go with it. Do you think I should have them to replace the
water pump along with Timing Belt?

 

Ok I will go with it. Do you think I should have them to replace the
water pump along with Timing Belt?

 

It's a general practice to replace the water pump as well, because if it
does fail you'd have to get a timing belt change all over again.

Cosmin

 

It's a general practice to replace the water pump as well, because if it
does fail you'd have to get a timing belt change all over again.

Cosmin

 

Yes.

 

Yes.

 

I am just wondering why you have to get the timing belt changed if the water
pump fails?

 

I am just wondering why you have to get the timing belt changed if the water
pump fails?

 

The water pump is driven by the timing belt. So, obviously, changing
the pump requires removing and re-installing the timing belt--in other
words, the same labor as a TB change. (And the belt is cheap compared
to the labor, so you may as well put a fresh belt on.)

 

The water pump is driven by the timing belt. So, obviously, changing
the pump requires removing and re-installing the timing belt--in other
words, the same labor as a TB change. (And the belt is cheap compared
to the labor, so you may as well put a fresh belt on.)

 

(Matthew Hunt) wrote in

What fails in the water pump?

 

Bearings and seals.

 

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.

 

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.

 

You don't. It's just good practice--because all the labor involved in
changing the timing belt is exactly the same labor as replacing the
water pump.

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.