timing belt chang :)

[spokanesoob]

beating a dead horse here but what else do i need to buy to stop the oil leak up front got 2 cam seals and a crank seal any other seals that are prone to oil dripping all over a hot exaust? thanx

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what else should i do when im there?

 

spokane soob

[idosubaru]

youre sure the oil leak is up front?

 

you need the cam o-rings as well, every single one i've seen is brittle and breaks when i remove them now, they're hard as a rock after 20 years. the cam seals sits inside a cam cap. it's held on to the cam carrier with 3 10mm bolts, remove those bolts and slide the cam cap forward. you would want to anyway, makes replacing the cam seals that much easier, you can do it off the car then. behind that cap is an o-ring you'll want to replace. http://www.thepartsbin.com sells a cam seal "kit" that includes the seal and oring. if you don't have it, get it from Subaru.

 

reseal the oil pump while you have the belts off. once the timing belt is off you only have to remove 5 bolts and a nut to reseal the oil pump, that's it. it has a shaft seal, an oring and an oil pump to engine gasket. though the gasket is more like o-ring material. it's the "mickey mouse" gasket, yo'ull see it. there are 5 10mm bolts holding the oil pump to the block. remove those, then put a 1" socket on the back of the oil pump to hold the shaft in place while you knock the nut loose on the front of it. the nut and oil pump sprocket come off, revealing the seal underneath. replace them all...i've seen people replace one and leave the leaky one in there?????

 

leaking on the exhaust if often valve cover gaskets. they are simple to replace but can be annoying since they're really tight. do yourself a favor and get a 10 mm ratcheting wrench to make it much simple. these have nothing to do with timing belt jobs and can be done entirely on their own, just remove all the valve cover bolts and replace the gasket. they are old, brittle and cracking by now and one of hte most common to leak...particularly doing the exhaust burning leaky thing.

[Gloyale]

You'll want to clean the oil pump bolts really good, and get a tap and chase the threads in the bolt holes. They are small bolts and it's soft metal. If the threads aren't clean you can strip them easy. Tap size is M6 x 1.00

If you really want to do it all replace the water pump while you're in there. All the the same stuff has to come out to get to it so you'll kick yourself if you don't do it and then it leaks in 6 months. Water pump bolts are the same thread as the oi pump and the same thing applies. Tap the threads, clean the bolts. And the torque only needs to be 16-20 ft.Lbs so don't overtighten.