My 1996 Outback blew a head gasket so i decided to take on the project by myself. I'm at the camshaft install stage of the reassembly and noticed that when i try to turn the exhaust cams by hand it takes very little effort. But the intake cams require 2 hands to turn. As a test, I installed the intake cams without the lifters and it was easy to turn. I thought maybe it needs a valve adjustment as some subarus do, except mine is the one with the zero lash hydraulic lifters (no shims, no adjustments). Has anyone ever experienced this?
Prod. Date - 02/96
Cid - 2.5ltr DOHC