I'm in the middle of a timing belt and water pump job on my wifes 2000 LX 470 . It has around 180 k miles. The PO had a "high end used car dealer" change the timing belt at 134 k miles 3 years ago as part of the deal when he bought the rig. He was unsure if they did the water pump too. I had a cracked radiator upper tank as well as a large leak around the thermostat housing and possibly in the back near the water pump so I figured I might as well just go ahead and change it again myself so I know it's done right. As I'm getting in here I've noticed a lot of shortcuts and things that were broken such as reused gaskets and o-rings etc. After I took off the crank pulley with my SST I had made, I noticed some decent sized cracks in the rubber lining. For all I know the shady used car dealer could have used a chain wrench on this the first time they were in here causing it to separate. Or I could just be normal aging.
Has anybody noticed cracking like this? Its 15 year old rubber with 180 k miles on it so I would imagine it would be cracked and whether checked to some extent, I'm just wondering if this looks to significant to risk putting it back on or if I should go get a new one. I think I read they are around $400. Thanks in advance!
Has anybody noticed cracking like this? Its 15 year old rubber with 180 k miles on it so I would imagine it would be cracked and whether checked to some extent, I'm just wondering if this looks to significant to risk putting it back on or if I should go get a new one. I think I read they are around $400. Thanks in advance!
