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According to the dealership, Toyota no longer recommends changing he water pump every 80k along with the t-belt, they now only recommend replacing it when it starts to weep, leak, make noise, etc.

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Of course not...they can double their labor profits if the pump fails after the timing belt is replaced. I haven't found a service center that will apply labor costs to a failed water pump after the timing belt was replaced.

I guess you could go every other timing belt replacement on the water pump...

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With the pumps lasting over 200k, swapping every other t-belt shouldn't keep you from having to go in for a bad pump inbetween a belt change.

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