Timing Belt procedure

[hardtail_pride]

I just want to verify if this is the exact process for an EA82 Loyale also?

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50768

 

And a couple questions. -What if you just remove the outer timing belt covers? Is it still going to be a "20 minute" job in the future as i read GD say? Or does the back section have to be off also? If your doing the oil and water pump at the same time, same question do you have to remove the back section?

 

-Does someone have a link for how to remove cam shaft seals also?

 

Thanks!

[markjw]

This proceedure worked great for me. Except,in the end,I timed my engine the way I always have. With #1 at TDC etc.etc.

 

As for the timing belt cover backs,I removed mine because they seemed like they would just serve to catch and store debree. And,once the fronts are removed,they are not as rigid and I feared the belts might rub on them.

 

The oil pump and water pump can be accesed with the backs on.

 

As far as it being a 20 min. job with the covers removed,I'd be lucky to do it in that time with the engine on a stand in front of me.

But,I can tell you this,if the covers are on,your more than likely going to be calling a tow truck.

Edited November 27, 2009 by markjw

[idosubaru]

Yes that link is for EA82 - your engine is an EA82, so same thing. They are very easy. Yes it can be a 20 minute job if you leave the covers off, I always do, make future timing belt jobs very easy. Not really that big of a deal unless you put a lot of miles on cars, which I do. How many folks are really putting 120,000 miles on EA vehicles these days?

 

The rear covers can even be left off as well, but they don't need to be removed for timing belts. They're only removed for replacing cam seals.

 

Cam seals are easy on an EA82 - you unbolt the cam cap which holds the seal and remove the seal when the cap is out of the car. You always want to remove that cap anyway because there's an oring under it, replace those as well every time you replace a cam seal. Often, places sell "cam seal kits" like thepartsbin.com that include the seal and oring.

 

Typically many of us do everything at one time - all the seals, reseal the oil pump, water pump, crank seal, and then you basically never have to do that stuff again, just timing belts.

 

Ebay kits inclue all the pulleys and only run $80, that's the way to go.

[hardtail_pride]

I would like to have a list of gaskets that i can replace while im in that area. Anyone wanna take a minute and name all of them?

[idosubaru]

Crank seal

2 cam seals

2 cam cap orings

Oil pump - 3 total - one pump to block gasket, oring and shaft seal

 

Water pump gasket (if you replace water pump)

Thermostat and gasket

 

* get a Subaru tstat, the aftermarkets suck, they look like toys compared to the OEM.

 

The Subaru seals are better, I've had aftermarkets be problematic in EA82's...very rare as I've used them fine lots of times in the past too, but Subaru is 100% so far.