bobzilla

Ive allready got the tires. I just wanted to check to see if anybody had run these before without a lift.

you can buy the kits from Rock Auto for , like 12 bucks! Kinda a PITA to replace. Did mine a while back and like yours mine still ticks intermitently. Not to worried about it as it seems to be a common issue. Mine does it mostly on start up. I let it warm a bit then bring up the idle and it stops. Just my 2c!

Just wondering if anybody has ever run these on stock wheels? If so any handling/ clearance issues. My Loyalle is not lifted. I found these tires, a snow tire with studs im thinkin of removeing, for cheap. The main problem, as we all know is the lack of aggresive 13" tires. I only use my Subie in winter, maybe 3k miles/year, so tread wear is not really an issue. Now clearance and handling are though. Let me know! Thanks

This has probably been addressed many times over, but im ,fairly,new to the forum so here goes. My timming belts, or at least the driver side belt, finally went. I had put out a post to see how long everones lasted. Well, mine lasted over 72K from the service history I got with the 93 Loyalle wagon when I bought her 2 mos. ago. Luckily It busted on my road going out to the highway and my neighbor towed my home. Pretty amazing since I bought the vehicle 500 miles away and only had it for a little while. So im gonna do the full service including belt kit with tensioners/pulley, seals for oil pump/cams/crank, water pump, coolant and thermostat. Everthing seems pretty straight forward except the thermostat. There seems to be 2 available . the, I believe, OE 195 deg. and a 180 deg. Which one are we using???????????

Thanks for the responses. Very timely! I belong to several other forums and they are sometimes pokey to respond. When I was looking for a good cheap MPG snow car I really wasnt looking at Subarus but a friend of mine , knowing I was a cheap bastard steered down this road and Im glad he did. I was really ignorant of the quality and longevity of a properly maintained Subie.Ive only had the Loyale a few weeks and its allready impressed. Can you say that about a 90H.P. car? I think I will be an owner for life!!!

Im NEW to the site and NEW to Subies so be gentle. Im sure theses questions that I have have been hashed over dozens of times but here goes. Recently bought my first Subaru. Nice little 93 Loyale wagon. 160K miles minimal rust, body straight. Previous owner 82 y.o. man. Decent maintenance history i.e. basic lube/tune up stuff. Only glitch is I was looking at the supplied paper and only saw mention of 1 timming belt change @90K miles. So, apparently, the current belts have 70K miles!!! I realize these need attention ASAP. First question if the belt/belts break will I do valve damage???Second question is parts. I saw a good deal @ RockAuto on a Gates Kit. I would also replace water pump and cam/crank seals/accessorybelts as needed. Are the Gates parts good? Any other after market parts better. I realize that O.E. subaru is probably BEST, but does the diffrence in price warrant this. I plan to use this care VERY sparingly, maybe 2-3K miles per year as a good mpg snow car. If this was a D.D. I would probably plunk down for O.E. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bob