I have a 1999 Rav4. I need an advice from where I can buy good quality timing belt water pump kit? I saw on Ebay that goes for 261 bucks and says that is OEM Toyota. ROCK Auto for way less. NAPA as well. Thanks in Advance
Hi, Gates makes a blue extended wear a timing belt that is good for at least 100K miles, but they don't make it for every vehicle. I have one in my beloved 99 Camry. More importantly, be careful not to install a Chinese made idler bearing or tensioner bearing. When you buy the Gates Timing belt kits, they now slip in at least one Chinese made bearing. I bought all my kit parts individually from rock auto and Amazon. I bought both KOYO Japanese made idler and tensioner bearings, which is what came on your RAV4 stock. Japanese NSK bearings are good too. KOYOs are the best bearings you can buy, even better than USA made Timkin.
I'm not 100% sure of this, but I believe a Chinese bearing will always say CHINA on it and have bluish green dirt seals, whereas a KOYO bearing has a clay red dirt seal like these;
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P9CM48/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Make sure all other components like the water pump and oil pump are AISIN which is Toyota-owned.
Thank you so much for the info
Everything quality I have bought from rock auto has held up great. I’ve also had great luck from autozone for most things of course I’m always buying new never reman.
Thank you for the info
And beware of AISIN and Toyota counterfeit parts on Ebay and Amazon, if you go that route.
I would stick to the OEM.