I'm going to do the timing belt on my 1998 Civic EX (D16Y8). Does Honda recommend changing the timing belt tensioner pulley with the timing belt service?

I noticed Auto Zone sells the timing belt for this car with the pulley, but the Honda dealership only sells the timing belt itself.

 

And yes I will be using all OEM parts. Belt, water pump, etc...

 

not sure, i just had mine replaced at 102,000 miles and they replaced the belt and water pump but they didnt mention anything about a tensioner pulley.

 

I would say if the parts not killer expensive to do it...you got that part of the engine opened up anyways, and it prob won't be a lot more work...I say go for it, then its done. One less thing to fail later

 

I just had mine done, and +1 for what SilverSedan said. It was n't that much more to do it all while they had it all apart.

 

I belive you need to support the engine and remove a motor mount to do this, thats whats keeping me from doing mine myself. If this is incorrect, I'd love to hear about it.

 

Yeah I think you just use your floor jack a bit of wood. I have supported my engine many time doing it that way. Its really not hard to do at all.