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[john1959]

do you need to take cambelt off a 3.2 elite to change the waterpump?

[Doctor Gollum]

No, but it is good practice as they don't take too kindly to being soaked in coolant 

To put that another way, the work involved to get to it is the same, so for the sake of a cambelt kit, it would be rude not to do it at the same time.

[john1959]

thankyou dr have another star!!

[Nick W]

If the timing belt change is within a couple of thousand miles/six months I would include it in the job.


Otherwise, I'd just fit a waterpump.


As for anti-freeze affecting the belt, there's likely to be far worse crap already lurking around the crank pulley. And it's hardly difficult to stuff a couple of rags under the pump if you're worried about it.