eduardmc

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i have a 04 which the service was done 20k miles ago (previous owner). how long do you have to replace the water pump & timing belt.

NE14RoxCJ

I go by the maintenance minder for almost everything. What service was done 20k ago? I hope you've had the oil changed at least a couple of times since then. I got the message to change the timing belt around 108k miles. I dd the work myself and saved a ton of money and dealership problems. Just do what your maintenance minder says and you should be good.

eduardmc

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i'm talking about timing belt and water pump, cause i read in the manual that timing belt has to be replace every 60k but people here say that is around 100k, can u confirm how ofter do we have to replace it. i know about the other maintance like oil change etc, but since i just got teh car and the owner replaced the timing belt 20k miles ago, i just want to know if i need to replace it after another 40k miles or i still have a long wait ahead of me until i start thinking about any timing belt or water pump replacement. thanx

njfinest05

The timing belt and water pump should be replaced at approx 105K. How many miles are on your car since you say the previous owner has already replaced the timing belt??

eduardmc

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right now the car has 130k miles, and he replaced it at 112k, but i was worry this was the second replacement of the car cause 60k miles for timing belt and water pump would have been to expensive, thanx for everything

NE14RoxCJ

Yeah, like he said. Approx. every 105k for the timing belt. How many miles does your car have on it?? The old idea was every 60k because, well, I don't know. I guess Honda figured out the belts were good for a lot longer than 60k and upped the interval to ~105k. Either way just follow the maintenance minder. I think the manual says sooner if you run in extreme heat or cold or dirty conditions (Alaska or Iraq).

njfinest05

If it's been changed at 105 and you have 130 now, I wouldn't worry about changing it again. If you just follow your routine maintenance the car should hold up very well. And I highly doubt its the second replacement unless the previous owner was extremely meticulous, in that case, its even better.

nfnsquared

pg 199 of the owner's manual.

It's replace the timing belt, inspect the water pump @:

60K miles only if you regularly drive in temps over 110F or temps under -20F. Otherwise it's 105K miles.

You should be fine for many years

YeuEmMaiMai

even though the manual states to inspect the pump during timing belt replacement, there proabably isn't an acura dealer out there that won't replace the pump at that time...nothing says suck ass more than having to replace a water pump shortly after a t-belt job becuase it starts leaking due to age and 100+K miles on it and it will cost you another grand to get it done.

NE14RoxCJ

Yep, I wouldn't put a bolt back in without changing the water pump. There are a few other parts that need changed too, along with the belt. The tensioner pulley and even the hydraulic tensioner cylinder. My tensioner showed very slight signs of fluid leakage and I had to have one over-nighted along with a right-side motor-mount (it's fluid spilled out when I knocked it over on the shop floor.) And I prefer to use mostly OEM parts. My brother had a belt and pump changed and used a local-parts-store pump. a week later, the pump was leaking and ruined the belt. Entire job had to be done again. Luckily the private shop did the work for a much reduced price and my brother got his money back for the pump. He went and got a pump from Acura and had it installed.