[bansheexyz]

I'm looking at the same job soon. My car is 70k into its second belt (gates) and it makes an intermittent warbling noise. Apparently all aftermarket kits make this noise including the AISIN. I don't understand why the water pump design was never revised to eliminate that rubbing. And I'm not going to order 14559-RCA-305 and ask a mechanic to grind down the water pump, that just seems silly. A local shop that specializes in hondas claims to not even be aware of the issue, which I find impossible. Maybe someone here can talk me off the cliff of paying 700 more to have the stealership do it.

 

[bansheexyz]

Hoping to get to some Pilots to start test driving soon. The Carfaxs have helped to select the ones that I'll look at. I haven't heard the "warble" or "normal" sound so that will be one of my first objectives. Without looking into the cylinders, it will be a guess if there is actual damage.

Mine sounds exactly like this:

 

[bansheexyz]

After researching it a bit more, I've seen at least two people say that they got the noise after using all OEM parts. Here's one of them.

https://www.piloteers.org/threads/engine-sound-after-timing-belt-replacement-2014-pilot-54000-miles.177076/page-9?post_id=1793679#post-1793679

So I'm honestly not sure what to think anymore.