Change "might as well" to "should" and you're exactly right. There have been some folks who have gone to the trouble to change a timing belt, didn't change the tensioner and tensioner spring and have told some tales of woe.

Whenever a water pump is replaced it's a good practice to change the timing belt. When you change a timing belt it's a good practice to also change the tensioner and spring. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Frank

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