Wow, I'm impressed by the fearlessness that you all possess in keeping your original water pumps in the car - even when you change timing belts! It would drive me nuts to know that all I had to do was pull 5 bolts and I could have avoided tearing into the motor, again. I'm not a grade A mechanic and with two little kids my schedule doesn't allow for a lot of sudden car work. When I can afford a sick day to work on the car, I take it, lol.
That said, my Ody is at 136k with original timing belt and water pump and tensioner, etc. I planned on replacing it this week but my schedule won't allow it. In any case, it's on the docket and will get changed, all of them. I will cross my fingers at that time that I won't have premature failure of one of the components because I bought cheap aftermarket parts. I'm betting on the supply chain all using the same cheap manufacturer and simply marking up the parts based on "name brand" recognition.
