98 Outback EJ25 Big Trouble

[doogymon]

Hey Folks

 

Alternator Drive belt fryed and A/C belt is missing in action.

 

The main pulley is recessed into the timing belt cover.

 

Did I blow a main bearing?

 

Worst thing is I just sold my EJ22 engine.

 

Any ideas???

[idosubaru]

Yes repair it. It can be done. Do not drive it like this and replace the timing belt if it got warn by all that carnage.

 

If the pulley came loose then it wasn't properly installed the last time it came off.

 

Or the pulley may have separated - it's actually a two piece part separated by a thin ring of rubber. They can separate at that rubber ring.

 

Either way you should be able to get another pulley and fix this. Doesn't even have to be "perfect" if the end of the crank got chewed up.

 

This has been covered several times. Can you do the work yourself? Posting a picture of the end of the crank with the pulley removed would be very helpful. I, and a few others on here, have repaired these before. I've repaired a couple.

[OB99W]

It seems likely that the crank pulley bolt got loose, and was ignored for a long time. If so, unfortunately, that can tear up the pulley, key, keyway, and even the crank ''snout'' itself. Either that, or the pulley parts have separated.

[OB99W]

It looks like Gary and I are thinking similarly, and posted at about the same time (Gary got there first).

[nipper]

I'm going to be the optimist on this one.

 

I think the main pulley seperated and for some reason walked backwards into the timing belt cover. But this raises another issue, what condition is the timing belt in?

 

 

 

nipper

[doogymon]

Here is a picture attached (I think).

 

You can see on the sides of the pulley how

 

it is burrowing into the plastic plastic timing case.

 

What a brutal time for this to happen.

 

I am not really clear on what is happening here

 

nor how to repair it. Any further explanations

 

are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks Ultimate

[idosubaru]

Looks like a simple repair actually - do not drive it 10 feet like this.

 

You have an interference engine - if the pulley breaks the timing belt then you'll sustain internal engine damage - bent valves and need a very expensive head job.

 

Fix it now.

 

Replace the crank shaft pulley, it's failed.

 

If the timing belt has been touched at all, my guess is that it has based on the displacement I see in the picture - then the timing belt needs replaced as well.

 

Dealer charges an insane amount for the belt - $700 in the states but it's only a 2 hour job so you can easily get it down elsewhere for cheap.

 

Again though - I can't tell for sure it needs a new timing belt, but it does look like it.

 

I wouldn't bother replacing the timing belt cover, the part that's been chewed into, it won't make any difference over the life of this vehicle. At most you can repair the covers with epoxy or RTV sealant easily if yo'ure worried about it, but i would (and have) left them.

[nipper]

Step one remove pulley and replace it.

Step two rwplace covers and inspect timing belt and cross fingers.

 

If the pulley is tight, thats a GREAT thing. if it is loose thats bad.

 

nipper

[idosubaru]

If you don't know the timing belt is under those covers, you can't see it. So that's why I say be very careful and don't drive it like this. Good luck, if you fix it now you've got a relatively straight forward and simple repair. But it can get ugly quick from here.

[nipper]

http://www.lovehorsepower.com/SubaruDocs/TimingWaterPump.htm

 

Thats for a 1995 but notice the main pulley how differnt they are. your main pulley failed.

 

 

nipper

[doogymon]

Thanks Nipper & Company.

 

MTF