Is it too late to return the Dayco kit?

 

Kind of....are they not good parts? They were a xmas gift...i still need cam/ crank seal kit and gaskets,plus whatever else?

 

The water pump would be your main concern. I recommend factory or im told gates is a good brand also.

Not sure what gaskets you got but that is the 4 that are on the timing covers themselves. Your kit may have a valve cover gasket.

Can you send a link or picture of you kit and what it contains.

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The timing cover gaskets are just dust seals. If the lower dust seal (part 4 pictured above) gets oil saturated, it will sometimes need replaced. You can usually clean the gasket and cover really well and glue the dust seal back in with weatherstrip adhesive.

Check cam seals and crank seal while you have cover off. Get the good fel pro valve cover gasket that comes with grommets and spark plug tube seals. Depending on how much maintenance you have done, now would be a good time for a full tune up, check hoses, replace drive belts. Inspect mounts that you have to take off to do timing belt. Good honda thermostat.

I do recommend the gates timing kit, but you will have no problem with dayco and whatever water pump brand is included. I used the dayco set last time i did my timing set about 40,000 miles ago. All waterpumps for timing belt hondas are engineered to fail before the timing belt does. On purpose.

 

Get the good fel pro valve cover gasket that comes with grommets and spark plug tube seals.

I bought the FEL-PRO VS50362R off rock auto that doesn't come with the grommets, however the gasket itself seemed to be a little longer than the valve cover itself leading to difficult application. I applied decent amounts of rtv but still ended up with a minor oil leak. Socal honda dealer had oem valve cover gaskets without grommets for about ~$27. I plan to buy BECK/ARNLEY 0361524 that comes with the grommets to try out soon!

 

I have had only bad experiences with Fel-Pro valve cover gaskets and any sort of silicone sealer. They always leak for me, and do so quickly, and they are trash as soon as you take the valve cover off again. Since the valves on these engines have to be adjusted periodically, that is a problem.

All the times I've opted for factory valve cover gaskets, on this car and others, I've had good results. The rubber that's used in the original valve cover gasket does not seem to deteriorate unless the engine is overheated, and I have seen zero issues with factory valve cover gaskets leaking.

A mechanic will always want to replace the valve cover gasket whenever the valve cover comes off for adjustments, however I have not yet had to replace the factory valve cover gasket after adjusting valves. My trick with that is to make sure to completely clean the gasket and the mating surfaces so they don't have oil on them before the gasket is reinstalled. Naturally, I always look around for oil leaks whenever I have the hood open, but I have not yet seen a leak from a factory valve cover gasket that I installed.

It might not seem like a big deal to replace the gasket whenever you adjust valves, however it is very easy to get in the habit of procrastinating on a maintenance item because you don't have a replacement part in hand. Knowing you don't have to replace a good valve cover gasket to adjust the valves makes it a lot easier to adjust them on time.

Not having leaks is nice too.

 

Thank you everyone for the advice!! I hav Dayco kit # WP184K1B.....only the water pump gasket is included,water pump,tensioner and tim7ng belt....so I hav to get the other gaskets together..Is there a kit with everything in one that could be recommended? Im retired and dont drive too much so im hoping the parts will last the 100k they are suppossed to...lol...

 

Gates makes a timing belt and water pump kit with belt, tensioner, tensioner spring, coolant pump, and cooling pump gasket. I've been using that kit for a while, with no issues. The warranty is way longer than Aisin's warranty.

I got that kit from RockAuto.com. it was $71+shipping.

You will still have to buy your accessory belts in addition to that.