Just change it in another 20-40,000 miles or somthing. You'll be fineeeee.

 

thank you guys ... It's a GS model ... so no VTEC ... that's wht i figured.. i'd change in a year or so ..... i just hope the tensioner does not fail on me.... * fingers crossed * .. thanks again.

 

your tensioner is fine man. I've done this plenty of times and no problems. The idea behind the reason to have the tensioner replaced is because there is a bearing that contacts the timing belt. The bearing is sealed and spins in conjunction with your timing belt. So it accumulates mileage. Now they only wear out after huge accumulation of mileage ie 200k and up, or they can have the seals compromised if you over heat the engine (from bad water pump) If you don't have those 2 problems then you don't have to worry about the tensioner. Now the water pump from autozone or wherever you bought it is fine, but in the future maybe your next vehicle if you plan to sell this one, stick to oem if you can afford it. The belt is prolly fine also. Just drive like you normally do and trust the mechanic that you and your family has been using for such a long time

 

we're not talking about something that is going to fail vs. OEM being perfect. If oem has a .5% chance of failing maybe the duralast has a 1% chance. I wouldn't loose any sleep over it.

 

I'll definitely keep that in mind. I've had the water pump changed ..... I would have just gone ahead and bought the OEM parts if i knew all of this... but yea, ill definitely try and get OEM parts and keep it on the safe side next time.. .. i just started using synthetics (dunno if it has been used before in the same engine, over 100k + ).. i dont see any improvement but at least the intervals can be a little wide....and flexible.. anyway thanks again.

 

i see what you mean.. . thanks.