use honda coolant!
 

hi,
this is in response to an earlier post from last year about water pump
failure for a 2005 Honda Pilot (bought in Dec 2004). basically what
happened was that when i bought the car, the coolant reservoir was
empty and i filled it to the max with Peak 50/50 coolant (the green
stuff). and shortly after that, there was a noise from the timing belt
area that apparently the Honda mechanics could not hear until just now
-- a year after i first heard the noise.
i took it in before the warranty expired (i''m at 35k) and they
finally heard the noise and diagnosed it as a bad water pump and a bad
tensioner. they replaced both under warranty.
just letting you all know that you should use honda fluids only
(except for the oil)...otherwise if i waited for the water pump to
really fail, this would have cost me several hundred dollars.

the previous posts diagnosing my problem were right on the money!
anyway, just sharing
thanks for the help i got
-jonathan