mickey513

My TSX is rapidly approaching the 120k mile mark, so it's time to do some preventive maintenance. Going to pick up the water pump and drive belt from the dealership. While these parts are out of the car, do I need to replace any SEALS anywhere? I know in my prior Hondas and Acuras (B-Series Engine), the cam and crank seals would also get replace as preventive maintenance while the water pump was out.

Do the TSX even have cam and crank seals??? Might as well do everything while the part is out.

wong05tsx

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in for answers. I'm at 133.. only thing that I havn't done on the maintanence log is the water pump. Looking to do it by 150.. pricey part :/. 70% of my miles are all highway anyway

nj2pa2nc

I have all the service on my 06 tsx done by a acura dealer. I have no desire to do it myself. The last time I was there for an oil change they did the usual inspection and told me everything was in great shape and it did not need anything. It had 120K at that time. Still with original brakes, drive belt and water pump. I also so mostly highway driving.

huludicidal

You're thinking the K series motors are similar to the B series in design. They all have crank and cam seals etc. but you had to do some serious disassembly to replace the water pump on the B series so that's why you always replaced everything while the engine was in pieces. The K motors have the water pump driven on the accessory belt so replacement is really not much more than taking off the belt and removing the 3 or so bolts mounting the pump. Unless you're noticing oil consumption issues or leaking, your cam and crank seals should be fine. If you haven't done so, you should have your timing chain inspected and possibly replaced. In the case of chain replacement, it might be worth your time to replace all those seals because the chain replacement is pretty involved.