lmdew Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I stopped to help someone on the road today. The car would not start. I pulled the codes - 08 Outback PO340 Cam Sensor. When I pulled the driver's side small timing cover there was over a foot of slack in the timing belt before it stopped. They had the HG's done a few months ago. That much slack, I would think the passenger side cam had failed. GD - those plastic gears you've talked about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 2:57 PM, lmdew said: I stopped to help someone on the road today. The car would not start. I pulled the codes - 08 Outback PO340 Cam Sensor. When I pulled the driver's side small timing cover there was over a foot of slack in the timing belt before it stopped. They had the HG's done a few months ago. That much slack, I would think the passenger side cam had failed. GD - those plastic gears you've talked about? “a foot” sounds like a lot and the pulleys and idlers outer rollers can’t really go anywhere even when theyre bearings fail, so they dont typically have maximum slack unless they go through the timing cover. A plastic cam can shatter to pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Yes, that's what I thought. It must be that the passenger side cam gear failed. Owner runs by my place sometimes so I hope to hear what the failure was at some point. If so, I'll update the post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 Dealer said they needed a new engine. I might be able to pick it up. Used engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 Well I was going to get it Friday. Had cash in hand and then the Dealer's Sales person said the owner had already committed to trading in the car on the new one. Deal Stinks! $500 for a 2008 with 120K on it, but they told her it needed about $10K for a new engine. I'd tell them to keep the NEW Subaru! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 9:56 PM, lmdew said: Well I was going to get it Friday. Had cash in hand and then the Dealer's Sales person said the owner had already committed to trading in the car on the new one. Deal Stinks! $500 for a 2008 with 120K on it, but they told her it needed about $10K for a new engine. I'd tell them to keep the NEW Subaru! Too bad. Seems like a low offer for Colorado market. $10k to fix but they'll repair it for less than $2k and sell it for $9k to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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