Tutorial: Change your timing belt and water pump on a 2002 Honda Accord

Learn how to change your timing belt, balancer belt and water pump on a 2002 Honda Accord. This install is the same for any 1990-2002 Accord, 1997-2001 Acura 2.3CL and F series engine Preludes. Similar for many other Honda and Acura cars as well.

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[nomphajvaj]

hey bro is this similar to nissan 300zx too?

[nukem384]

@nomphajvaj i would highly doubt its similar, fairlady is a v6 right? that already makes it pretty different with the timing markets and how the belt is setup

[RCDC93]

if im just replacing the water pump is there any parts that i can skip over? or am i gonna have to follow all these steps minus the replacing of the pulley and timing belt?

[nukem384]

@RCDC93 you cant take the water pump out without taking the timing belt off. you might as well just change the timing belt while youre in there. and no, you basically have to follow this whole tutorial

[YoungGangstasEnt]

How long did this take

[nukem384]

@YoungGangstasEnt took me about 8 hours to complete.

[ptitmarc69]

@YoungGangstasEnt 8 hours me too big

[DraculaKills]

@nukem384 I just put the crank pulley on and its sticking out like little bit its not flat with the crank shaft, is this normal this is before screw the crank pulley bolt. can any one answer this quick i gotta finish this car

[yourripper87]

Just did this on my friends 96. I stayed up really late finding everything i could about it and looking for tips for the crank bolt, but when it came time to do it i ended up dropping about halfway on the compression stroke on #1, fed some soft-shield 4 gage power wire in through the spark plug opening, raised up to almost TDC, and put a 2' 1/2" breaker bar on the crank bolt. It took me brabbing the frame and kicking the BB but it broke lose much easier then i thought it would. Its worth a try!

[ElitePokerPlayer]

also...the tool should be around 40-60 bucks and it is a good investment on top of adding a water pump and/or timing belt at the same time. Some people even add in a timing belt tensioner just to complete the whole internals for a peace of mind. Not a bad idea but most are on a budget so just do what you can do but plan it out. Hope this helps

[ElitePokerPlayer]

Just a little added info for this video...if you first fast forward to 2:00 and pause video. There is the first thing you will need before doing anything else on this video. Trust me I have done this on my 99 accord sedan 2.3L ex...and if you want to be driving this to work on Monday and you think you can do it on the weekend that's all good..but please people get this tool first regardless of what else you hear on YouTube. This is a gift from me to all you Honda owners 99-2002.

[reemanwells37f]

I want this video on my MY S-7 phone.

[kUyAjOzAm]

gooood tutorial

[kingstonzincfence]

Good video. A little mistake here and there with the parts name but the presenter obviously knows what he's doing. What I also like about this video is that there is no power tool. I have neither the money nor the space to invest in a decent one. Not to mention noisy compressor and nosy neighbors.