Hello everyone I was looking into replacing my water pump, timing belt, balance shaft belt and serpentine belts on my 1999 Accord EX 4cyl Vtec with 109,000 miles. My question is what would be better to use for this job, OEM or Aftermarket parts? Also would it be wise to replace anything else while i have everything apart? ex. Tensioners?, Gaskets?... etc. And lastly will an impact be sufficient in removing and replacing the crankshaft bolt or should i pick up one of those pulley holding tools? Thank You

 

As for the Timing Belt, I would go OEM Honda. Most aftermarket t-belt I've seen break and still look like new. I've used carquest water pump, and it never gave me problem, but I'd recommend Honda as well.

 

Thanks, ive read that the aftermarket timing belts tend to break so you just reinforced that. the water pump i was gonna get from autozone but i may just stick with oem. thanks again

 

Any time bruh. From now on, t-belt & water pump are going to be just Hondas for me; since, I get discount.

 

umm, you think you can hook me up with a timing belt kit from honda? im located in california.

 

OEM belts are made by Gates. Gates belts are sold in parts stores as well as Honda.

 

What about :
GATES Part # TCKWP244 Timing Belt Component Kit W/Water Pump; 5 Components (2 Belts, 2 Tensioners, 0 Idlers, 1 Water Pump)?

Should I get something more decent?

 

I thought there's two types of Gates belt. one from honda and one for walmart?

 

Go to the dealer then. Don't forget to buy genuine Honda anti-freeze to put in your radiator.

 

my accord uses a tad over a gallon and honda charges 14 bucks per gallon. pricey eh?

 

Cost not a factor when it comes to Hondas. Your main concern is that all parts should wear the Honda logo on it to prevent any type of failure.

 

lol

 

2 gallons of honda premixed antifreeze/coolant( highly recommended since its long life antifreeze with no phosphates, no borates, and no silicates which can chew on a water pumps bearing seal, and since your water pump is driven off the timing belt its a safe bet to use the right stuff and its also a cool blue color as well)

 

meh, so is the new formula of prestone... and i don't care about the color; as long as you don't mix them (eventhough prestone says it's compatible w/ any other factory formula) and i also used distilled water to do a final flushing of the system, then use distilled water/prestone as the final fill

but, i like to also use honda OEM parts for important stuff...the other belts that are easily accessible, aftermarkets brands are ok

thanks for the GATES x-over... didn't know that

 

Kind of hard when it comes to the fluids, but wko knows? What about the air in the tires?

 

For my 99 LX sedan, I went with all OEM stuff from www.taspro.net

Its always a good idea to replace the tensioner (AND SPRING) and water pump. Your already going to have most of that side of the engine pulled apart to get the timing belt off.

 

I run air that was compressed within the walls of the Honda factory to ensure that I have the most genuine Honda air possible. It's overnighted from Japan in small air tanks. Sure, it might be costly, but that's the price you gotta pay to drive a Honda.

I've had numerous problems with air that wasn't genuine Honda, but never once have I had a problem with Honda air. I actually pump this same air into my engine's airbox because I don't trust the air here in the states.

Genuine Honda or GTFO, that's my motto.