Timing Belt and water pump change

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Timing Belt and water pump change

Post by patneenan »

I mentioned the other day in a thread about being told to change the water pump as a precaution at the same time as the timing beltbut no one came back to me.
I would like to know if that's sound advice?
My car runs cool has no leak ,has 123,000 miles ,and now runs sweet.
Cambelt change is purely preventitive.
What do you guys think, and whats a fair price for changing belt/pump?
Car is 2.0 turbo activa
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Post by Rostami »

I would definitely change the pump.
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Post by Dave Bamber »

Sound advice. As preventitive as a cam belt change I'd say.
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Post by Peter.N. »

I never heeded this advice as I had never had a water pump fail, until I bought my latest XM, 114k and a new cam belt fitted, good, I thought, I wont have to touch it for 72k, 5k later the water pump went, fitted new belt, 10k later head gasket went, fitted another new belt. For the sake of the hassle involved, change it!
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Post by rotodiesel »

Well timed post - I have today changed the belt, water pump and both rollers in my 106D at 103k (second belt change). The belt, of course, looked perfect, as were the heavily made (and quite expensive) rollers, with their sealed ball bearings. The pump was a mess, and had obviously had a slow leak over a long period as there were crusty blue deposits below the vent hole.
These pumps are not easy to get out of the block (strong measures required) but at this mileage it was very obviously due for renewal.
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Post by oscarloco »

Well, since you are already there with the timing belt off, it would be nice to replace the pump and not touch that area again in the next 80,000 km.
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Post by patneenan »

Thanks guys :waterpump it is then!!!
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