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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By tinman
First the good: The timing belt is produced by Gates. The first timing belt that I bought from the Honda dealer was a Gates belt. Gates is one of the OEM suppliers of timing belts to the American Honda Motor Company. The timing belt tensioner is also from the same manufacturer (KOYO SEIKO) that supplies Honda .
The not so good: The water pump is a "no-name" product made in China. While there are many automotive parts that are now sourced from China, there is a large variance in the quality of these Chinese parts. I am not ready to trust one of the most essential engine components to a supplier with an unknown track record for quality. I have purchased two Bosch water pumps from Amazon in the past and they were also made in China. One of those lasted only 6 months. I sold the other one on Craigslist for half what I paid for it just to get it out of the garage.
I am not going to install the Chinese water pump on my Honda. Replacing the water pump on these engines is too much work to take a chance of having the Chinese water pump go out when I am traveling or of having to do the job again before the regular replacement interval (90,000 - 105,000 miles).
What I am going to do now that I have this kit, is purchase an AISIN water pump from Amazon. AISIN is the OEM supplier of water pumps for Toyotas and it is made in Japan.
To purchase the timing belt and tensioner alone from the Honda dealer would have cost twice what I paid for this Gates kit--and I would have gotten the same quality belt and tensioner. What I wish I had done (and I will do in the future for my family's 10 Hondas) is buy an AISIN Timing Belt Kit ("Aisin TKH-005 Engine Timing Belt Kit with Water Pump" for this application). For this Honda application, the AISIN Kit is only $22 more than this Gates Kit and the Aisin kit has an OEM belt and tensioner and an Aisin water pump made in Japan.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Jeremy51621
good kit. high quality belt made in usa. tensioner bearing is made in japan. but the water pump is made in china decent quality though. but i would recommand buying the complate kit sold by TBK. it is all high quality parts. comes with all belts that are made in the usa. valve cover gasket and spark plug seals and pump is made in japan as well as the tensioner bearing. spend a little more money and it will be worth it. TBK also sells a full tuneup kit for civics.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By lagflag
I had this kit installed for my Honda Civic 2000 1.6, they fit perfect. The kit doesn't have camshaft seal or crankshaft seal so my mechanic had to buy them.
They do not claim it includes anyway.
I think price of the kit is very good specially after asking for them at Autozone (128$) and pepboys (150$) !!
Thanks amazon. another happy experience was added to my life, and money to my pocket :)
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