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96 Accord water pump
I've treated my 1996 Accord LX 4-cyl well. It's a great car, never
complains, and is always ready to go. It's had all the scheduled services (or so I thought), plus a new oil pan after a quick change place overtightened the drain plug. It's low mileage - it only has 104,000 miles - but over the last year I've been driving it a lot more than before and taking it on cross-country trips every few months, so I like the peace of mind that having it well-maintained brings. At the beginning of the summer I had the radiator replaced at the first sign of leaking around the infamous crimp around the top. The timing belt was replaced at 90,000 miles. Looking at my records, though, I noticed that there was no mention of the water pump. I called my old dealer (I've moved and have a better dealer now), and was told that they don't replace the water pump with the first timing belt, because they almost never fail before the second timing belt. If I knew then what I know now, I would have had the pump replaced then. Water under the bridge. Now I'm about to go in for my 105,000 service. I'm wondering if I should have them go in and replace the water pump. I don't need a new timing belt, obviously, and it's a bad time for me to do this financially. I'd rather wait until 120,000 when I'll either have more cash or a new Honda altogether. I'd appreciate your thoughts on how urgent this is. My new dealer said he'd check at 105,000 to see if it was leaking, but otherwise it should be fine. But I've heard horror stories about water pumps seizing and causing the timing belt to break. Thanks for any insight on whether this will leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere before 120,000 miles. Josh |
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Wow! My dealer told me that they "always" replace the water pump with the
timing belt, because they are hard to get to, and easy with the timing belt off. That was certainly my experience. However, Honda doesn't recommend this in the Owner's Manual. I suppose that Honda only recommends replacing the water pump, when it fails. If you have kept the original coolant, or only used Honda Genuine coolant when topping off or changing it, then I think that your water pump is probably OK. Usually, they fail because of a coolant seal leak, usually caused by contaminated or improper coolant. That then leaks on the bearing, which damages the bearing seal, leading to loss of bearing grease and the horror stories that you have heard. I would not worry about this. I would take your dealer up on his offer to check for water pump leaks at the 105,000 mile service. If you park in the same spot every night, always check for suspicious fluid spots in the morning. I suspect that you do that already! Earle > wrote in message ups.com... > I've treated my 1996 Accord LX 4-cyl well. It's a great car, never > complains, and is always ready to go. It's had all the scheduled > services (or so I thought), plus a new oil pan after a quick change > place overtightened the drain plug. It's low mileage - it only has > 104,000 miles - but over the last year I've been driving it a lot more > than before and taking it on cross-country trips every few months, so I > like the peace of mind that having it well-maintained brings. At the > beginning of the summer I had the radiator replaced at the first sign > of leaking around the infamous crimp around the top. > > The timing belt was replaced at 90,000 miles. Looking at my records, > though, I noticed that there was no mention of the water pump. I > called my old dealer (I've moved and have a better dealer now), and was > told that they don't replace the water pump with the first timing belt, > because they almost never fail before the second timing belt. > > If I knew then what I know now, I would have had the pump replaced > then. Water under the bridge. Now I'm about to go in for my 105,000 > service. I'm wondering if I should have them go in and replace the > water pump. I don't need a new timing belt, obviously, and it's a bad > time for me to do this financially. I'd rather wait until 120,000 when > I'll either have more cash or a new Honda altogether. > > I'd appreciate your thoughts on how urgent this is. My new dealer said > he'd check at 105,000 to see if it was leaking, but otherwise it should > be fine. But I've heard horror stories about water pumps seizing and > causing the timing belt to break. Thanks for any insight on whether > this will leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere before 120,000 > miles. > > Josh > |
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jim beam wrote: > the original > honda pump on my crx flaked out at 305k miles. if you use aftermarket > pumps however, they are much less reliable so reduced change schedules > are essential. Ahh, the CRX. My first car, at age 15, was an 86 CRX. Considering what I did to it - driving like a 15-year-old - and what I didn't do to it - changing the oil like I should've - that CRX was what got me hooked on Hondas. Between that CRX and my current Accord, I've never had to turn the key twice to get them started. Ever. To be fair, I had an Altima in between that also never had any problems, but I never took it past 100,000. I think all the Japanese cars are excellent, but I never worry that my Honda won't get me where I'm going, and that means a lot. Thanks to Jim and Earle for the sage advice about the water pump. Much appreciated. Josh |
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