Should you change your timing belt and water pump together?

I have a 2000 vehical and have 130,000 miles and was wondering if I should change my timing belt and water pump together?
Should you change your timing belt and water pump together?
I would given the mileage, it'll save a breakdown later.
Should you change your timing belt and water pump together?
Okay, what type of Vehicle do you have? You can google it and it may be on YouTube. But yes, you should be able to, when you change the timing belt you take off the belt tensioner / pulley and once you do that you should be able to change the water pump with ease. But usually with vehicles that age I'd change the belt and the pump while I'm at it.
No...no need to replace both! If the water pump is working just fine why replace it? I'd only replace it if you have to remove it to get to the timing belt ( some cars you do...some don't). If that is the case...I'd have the mechanic ( or if I do it myself) replace all of the gaskets and any parts that normally need replacement by 100k miles...especially if you haven't had to replace them yet.
Depends on the car. Some cars you must remove the water pump to change the belt so it is recomended for the extra few bucks. If it must be removed then i would change it.



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It depends on the car, in several models, like most mitsubishis, you have to take the timing belt off to change the water pump. So then it's an included operation and there's no extra cost associated with the labor to do the timing belt, it just makes it a convenient, cost saving time to do it. There's no rule about changing water pumps and timing belts together. If it's not an included operation there's no point to do them at the same time. The timing belt is good preventative maintenance but there's no need to change the water pump before it's showing signs, and there are plenty of them, that it's going to die.
Why are you keeping the NAME of your car a SECRET?!?!?! On many 4 cylinder engines, the water pump is used as a pulley for the timing belt, and so should be changed. Use only genuine coolant, timing belt, and pump from YOUR car-makers dealership. Otherwise, you may not get extended service from it. If your pump and belt were never changed before, you are extremely LUCKY. Most timing belts require replacing at 60-100,000 mile intervals. READ your MANUAL!!!!
On many cars it is time consuming to get to either part and since you would have to remove many of the same parts to get to either the timing belt or water pump it makes sense to change both while you are at it.



The difference to change both probably wont be that much more than just changing one of them and will save money down the road.
On Honda and Lexus, the dealer ALWAYS seems to recommend changing the water pump when the timing belt service is up. My dealer made it a standard thing. Well, yes, it is an opportunity to make money, but it doesnt 'hurt' to chenge it every 80k or so. I think the water pump is probably a lot more durable than that, and the timing belt job would probably be a lot cheaper if they didn't change the pump too.
I sure would. While the belt is off, half of the water pump job is done already. The pump is going to go soon anyway. Might as well kill two birds with one stone.