So this weekend im going to be doing some "minor" maintanence on the CL:



Spark Plugs - NGK Laser Platimun #7790 PZFR6E11 - $44
Water Pump - Gates - $45
Timing Belt w/ Idler Pulley, Tensioner - Gates - $45
O2 Sensors (before and after cat) - Bosch - $43 x 2 - $86
Cabin Air Filter - same ones Noah picked up lol - $15
Antifreeze - Acura Long Life Type 2 50/50 - $16 x 2 - $32
Crank Pulley Removal Tool - Courtesy of NAPA Auto - Free

Not Pictured:
Automatic Transmission Fluid - Genuine Honda ATF $8 x 4 - $32
Oil - Castrol Syntec 5w20 (couldn't spring for AMSOIL this time) - $25
Oil Filter - NAPA/WIX - $4
Seafoam - $4

Prices (most of them) courtesy of emloyee discount lol

Now i know what you guys are thinking: "use genuine honda water pump, timing belt, blah blah blah" but dont have the extra $$$ right now. And besides water pump and timing have lifetime warranties.

Everything is pretty simple except for timing belt and water pump which is rated at 4.5-6 hours depending on skill level. Hopefully nothing goes wrong and it'll running like a champ by Monday

 

noice. I need ta do seafoam to I can be fast as a cheetah.

good luck getting it all done. you'll enjoy the crank pulley upgrade

 

Seafoam is something I have been wanting to do.

Good luck Beast..

Timing Belt would worry me if I had never done it before.

 

Yea i was kinda on the edge about it but im going for it. I've changed timing belt before on an older Toyota, Nissan Sentra, and recently replaced the head gaskets on a '96 accord and replaced the belt on that as well.

 

good luck,

 

Well then...sounds like you're a natural.

 

Any words of advice or wisdom?

 

I do what i can lol

 

Don't drink too much and drop stuff into your engine...

 

i thought thats what i was supposed to do

 

Good pick up on those cabin filters, im gonna buy those the next time i need filters. Its just a few bucks more compared to autozone regular bosch filters and charcoal are better.

but you could have save a few bucks and gotten honda coolant instead of acura coolant, i think they're identical. And how come you didnt get the lazer iridium plugs? Those were the ones used in the 02-03s from the factory. Only the 01s came with the lazer platniums.

 

really? i thought the price would be the same so i went straight to acura oh well

Lazer Iridiums were used in the 6MT and the Platinums were used in the 01-03 worthless (lol) 5AT like mine

 

--->"cheetah"

 

Well the operation went percfectly and the car is up and running. You can definatelly feel a difference (not from the tbelt), now im not saying its faster but the car just feels smoother.

Overall i would say that the difficulty level is a 5 out of 10. Its very time consuming but very straight forward. Im glad i did it myself instead of taking it to the stealership.

 

congrats anthracite! timing belt change & related stuff is major $$$ charge at the stealership yo...just like the damn cabin filter change...someone told me that they charge anywhere from $150-180 just to do that...damn...that's why it has always been good to check the folks here w/ their experiences & knowledge...

 

Nice job...

Do you think it is from the Seafoam that the CL is performing smoother?

 

If the price is the same, i would have gone with the iridiums. NGK site says the iridiums came with the 03s, but doesnt specify the tranny.

 

You think I can borrow that crank pulley tool?

I've been meaning to get around to my install, i hear those tools make it 10x easier.

 

Yea this site saves people (and me) alot of cash

 

Yea thats probably the thing that made the most difference. Then you factor in new plugs, and you got one smooth ride

Yea i saw that but at work it show up as Platinums. And when i pulled out the original plugs, sure enough they were the same part number as Platinums

It makes it 20x easier! It was definately worth picking up..........especially since it was free lol.

Oh yea sure you can borrow it. I'll drop it off personaly

 

Heh. Thanks

But seriously, I'll shoot you some $ for shipping, can you lend it to me?

 

Sure when do you need it?

 

eh, I'll let you know. Probably not till the beginning of march.

Scale of 1-10 how hard was the crank pulley Install?

 

i think i wud gv it a 8 if u have all ur tools a big az TQ air gun

 

If you mean 1 being easy 10 being a pain in the a$$.........I would give it a 4 as long as you have all the necessary tools. I used two 25" breaker bars
and a really long extension in addition to the pulley tool.
Really? An 8?