RL09

You got that exact one? You received the belts, pump, seals, bearings, tensioner, in Honda bags and serial numbers and the Honda logo engraved on water pump, all for 138 bucks?

Did it include shipping?

SuperSaiyan3985

Yes, as you can see shipping's free.

RL09

So, you got a over 700$ worth of product for 138 delivered from china. One wonders if it's not knockoffs.

SuperSaiyan3985

Go look on eBay, those are as genuine as it gets. I couldn't find any that looked more authentic than that, so what was I supposed to do? They looked legit to me.

RL09

The water pump alone is 275USD. How did these people get genuine Honda parts in the bags for a fraction? especially for a car that's rare and it's original parts are often on back-order?

SuperSaiyan3985

Where'd you get this price of $275?

RL09

I did look on ebay, he has many negative comments for selling knock off spark plugs.

RL09

The dealer. A water pump in those Honda bags for the RL is 250 bucks at dealers - the only place those are sold.

HDNBenjamin

Ebay is notorious for selling fake oem parts.

Walfunk

well since you put it that way...lol...those Ebay "genuine parts" are anything but usually...

Nomgle

100% knockoffs. The black market in fake "genuine" parts is gigantic.

Nomgle

Always check the seller's feedback.
That particular seller you used has the following negative feedback :

• Don’t buy from this seller. NGK spark plugs knockoff, fakes, counterfeit 👎👎👎
• These are NOT NGK spark plugs, Chinese knock-offs
• Seller is selling counterfeit NGK spark plugs
• Sorry to leave negative feedback but these were fake AC Delco plugs. Not oem

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

nice job at guessing what may have happened, as engines dont just lock up by themselves.

I just ran through a list of what possibly could have happened, and one of my guesses was correct....timing belt.

$1500 to replace engine isnt bad at all!!
That's about how much I paid to install a used engine, which I thought was very very cheap...Granted $1500 didnt hurt my bank account.
I scored a used engine for $650 and had an indie mechanic install it for another $650 + fluids.

RL09

Yea. Sad

RL09

Oh please. ToyBoy was complimenting your exceptional mechanical skills, and you know it.