Cost of Replacing Timing Belt and Water Pump

I was wondering if anyone had a ball park of what I should expect for the replacement of my timing belt and water pump. I did a little research and saw anywhere between 700 and 1200 dollars was average but I'm not sure if thats correct. I live in NYC so it makes sense that I might pay a little more but I just got a quote for 2150. Does this sound like a reasonable price?

many, many factors to consider:

are you replacing all gears; 2 cam gears, oil pump, crank shaft?
tensioner; rebuild the OEM or replace with a Porkensioner?
you also need a good quality timing belt and waterpump.

To get at all this you have to remove the distributors, the ign. wires, the coolant hoses etc etc which all can be considered for replacement on our aging cars/

then theres labour if you cant do yourself:eek:

Sharko;8019 wrote: I was wondering if anyone had a ball park of what I should expect for the replacement of my timing belt and water pump. I did a little research and saw anywhere between 700 and 1200 dollars was average but I'm not sure if thats correct. I live in NYC so it makes sense that I might pay a little more but I just got a quote for 2150. Does this sound like a reasonable price?

I would think $700 is low, $1200 sounds about average. If you are willing to bring it to CT, you could call Automobile Associates in Canton to see what they would charge.

Well I must really low ball then because,

I bought a regular belt for $35 i think.
cleaned everything and reassembled it.
My water pump is not leaking and looked good.

Following year when I pulled the engine the intake leaks had oil soaked everything and the tensioner pizzed me off.

So after the top-end refresh I bought a new Gates belt from Roger, got a PK-tensioner off someone for $300. rechecked everything and drove it all year still with the same water pump.

Now, if I see it leaking coolant from up there ILL not drive it till I replace it, and that will suck, but thats me.

I have never removed my pump (why-its a good one)

928mac;8022 wrote: I bought a regular belt for $35 i think.
cleaned everything and reassembled it.

If you can get Brad to do it for $35, even better!

so Brad.........did you recoat all gears or replace?

the water pumps tend to be quite good when they are good but some makes have had there issues and if the system has an issue that causes the belt to stretch or break then you have a very very expensive engine rebuild repair.

I replaced mine with age and mileage being the reasoning.