Originally Posted By: rjundi
Originally Posted By: hypervish
A timing belt kit with OEM parts, including water pump + gasket, thermostat + gasket, crankshaft, camshaft seals, serpentine belt, timing belt tensioner, tensioner bearing, and idler bearing is around $300 on ebay.
A radiator is about $100-$150. I'd get the coolant expansion tank from a junkyard.
The only thing out of this that I would consider a repair is the radiator and expansion tank, aside from that it's just maintenance.
Is there any warranty for parts sold on ebay? Also for a job like this done by someone else it seems like going with a place that warranty's their work would be best. Typically supplying your own parts with mechanics means, they essentially do the job by the hour and have no recourse and deal with missing, defective and failed parts yourself. Also redo is on you since you supplied the [censored] parts.
Ebay makes sense for certain items but an internal part that potentially can destroy an engine, seems highly risky.
They are OEM parts, as long as you buy from the correct seller. And, yes they do have warranty.