HondaBoy
01-08-2004, 08:57 PM
well a few weeks ago the water pump had decided to fuck up on me. so i got the replacement and got the timing belt and other belts. anyway, i took it to get it worked on and have been waiting 3 days for it. well its back. the guy who worked on it did a pretty nice job. it runs better now. now is a bit quieter than it was. he said the timing was way too far advanced, which from what i remember isnt good for the 3gee's engine. i think to get the performance its better when the timing is set back a bit. anyway, he set it just right. now it has that purr sound that it was supposed to have. its never sounded that good since ive had it. it still has a clicking comming from the air suction valve at the front right near the valve cover. thats about $130 brand new, so i will look for one at the junk yard. anyway, it ran good when i took it out. it pretty damp in the air, so it wasnt performing like it usually does. the total cost of this was $280. i couldnt get any better price than that for the whole project. oh, and the oil leak that i thought was the cylinder head might just be the distributor. i think thats what he said. told me if i wanted him to replace the gasket he would charge about $20, so thats something to look foward to i guess. now im running without the A/C compressor belt, so maybe when the air dries out some i'll see small gain in power.