# Timing belt **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cl, acura\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609 "2009-08-25T23:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JanisDill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JanisDill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JanisDill)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/1 "2009-08-25T23:41:03Z")
What can I expect done to my 1999 Acura 3.0 When I pay $700.00 to have my timing belt changed ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/2 "2009-08-25T23:45:46Z")
New timing belt, new water pump, and a new timing belt tensioner. Tester ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/3 "2009-08-25T23:52:50Z")
Not necessarily. If the price quote is from a dealership, it might be just for the timing belt. I agree that the water pump and tensioner should be changed, but that price quote may or may not include those items. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/4 "2009-08-26T00:07:10Z")
You should be asking this question of the mechanic who’s doing the work. How are we to know what someone else is doing? You have not given us sufficient information. ---
**Author:** ![JanisDill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JanisDill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JanisDill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/5 "2009-08-26T00:23:56Z")
Timing Belt 53.60 waterpump 161.68 antifreeze 34.99 2 belts @27.95 each R&Rwaterpump /timimgbelt 375.00 shop supplier 19.77 R? axle assy? 243.36 Total $1000.00 W/ tax ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/6 "2009-08-26T00:24:40Z")
The price you paid is not out of line for dealer service. Just today I had my Acura serviced by the dealer (there was a recall), and I discovered their labor rate is $96.00 per hour. This is one of the reasons my Acura hasn’t been to the dealer in seven years. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/7 "2009-08-26T01:19:23Z")
The price sounds very fair but the ante needs to be upped a bit. I see no belt tensioner/idler in that list. Extra part but there should be very little if any extra labor involved. I hope this repair has not been done already and the prices are simply an estimate. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/8 "2009-08-26T11:33:31Z")
Depends… Realize too you can use a Honda dealer or any independent as this 3.0L engine is shared with Honda’s and common. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt/35609/9 "2009-08-26T21:43:26Z")
I caught that too. It looks like the OP is having a CV joint (half shaft) replaced also. That explains the difference between the $700 in the question and the $1000 quote.