changing the waterpump

[Busted Knuckles]

Originally Posted by Green7mgte

Just doing a search I see allot of mechanics change the timing belt at the same time cause "half of the labor is already done."

A lot of modern cars have the water pumps under the timing belts or even driven by the timing belt. The 7M engines have the water pump off to the side, and no need to even touch the timing belt to deal with it. I did my water pump in a couple of hours on a Saturday three years ago, including a flush and fill. I did the timing belt separately last year when my odo hit 242,000. Except for removing the belts, there was nothing else in common.