I don't own a Subaru and don't have plans to but I felt emotionally invested in the timing belt replacement. Empty feeling inside not seeing it through to the end. Weird times!
Saw the cams jump. That's all I needed to see. I was worried I did something wrong even though I was following the Subaru Factory repair manual to a T. Still, thanks for the video. I am now confident my execution was dead on.
The cam holding tool really makes the job easier in the long run. I use to use breaker bars to balance the cams out so it wouldn't spin, but I finally bit the bullet and bought the tool from Company 23.
Not to worry!!!! We all understand!!!! Glad you got that forester all handled. Just did a rebuild on my wrx dropped the engine in today. Still have a few things I gotta do.
Oh nooooo. I have a 45k mile fozzy xt Pro drive, love it. I was thinking about doing the belt myself until you talked about the cam jumping, that shit would freak me out!
Maybe you can do a full head gasket set replacement for a Subaru SVX I'd like to see the process of doing one along with the serpentine belt and idle and all that good stuff 😊
My Impreza belt change took me the best part of two days, the new one just would not go on, it was damn tight. My Dad, 75 years young & used to work on RR jet engines, came along and put it straight on! When pressure & frustration take over things just don't go for you...
I just put Defenders on my Forester, we'll see how they hold up as I've heard they don't last. I fully realize they have 80k warranty or 6 years and expect to file a claim if I have to. Love them so far pushed them real hard in the rain and they never lost traction. Really pushed them like flying by people on the freeway while it was pouring. Hard ramp driving no issues. Do notice loss of mpg, but if the traction is there like it seems I don't mind. We'll see soon how the snow driving is.
I got the same kit for my 05 Forester and I’m wondering about bleeding the new Tensioner on the timing belt? Please let me know if I messed up NOT bleeding it before I installed it. 😢 I got The same brand.
@@JS-tb9hu Its to reduce emisions on cold startup. It has a fan to push in extra air direct to the ignition points so that it gets a cleaner burn. All well and good but the system is notouriously unreliable, and only reduces emisions for the first 30 seconds. When the engine is warmed up, all is well and the system closes itself up. If its not broken already.
Still a Good Vid. Are there any Preventative Maintenance issues you could address, since the vehicle is a Turbo, that you can do to prevent failure (ie. banjo bolt, etc) ? Thanks !
It's hard to tell from the angle of the camera, is there less space between the engine and radiator on this than an OBXT? We used a stubby HF earthquake XT impact to remove the crank pulley bolt, worked great.
I'm in the middle of doing this on my 2007 and had a bad a/c clutch so I bought one to replace it and found out there are two different a/c compressors meaning two different clutches. Can you confirm this? Yours looks very similar to mine. The only differences I could see from pictures of the two where the pulley diameter and the way the plate that holds the 12v wire for the magnet mounts. Mine and yours has the Philips head screws on the top, the other design has them on the side. Have you ever ran into this?
This is Bryan. Enjoy your videos, am thinking of purchasing a Subaru on next vehicle purchase. The engine work seems overly complicated as compared to a inline 4 cyclinder but, they seem to have the best AWD system. I'm trying to decide if the trade off is worth it.
That’s the way it goes sometimes - happen to have a link to the kit you used? I did the gates kit a few years ago when I did mine. Getting close to time to do it again so recommendations are welcome
If I am changing a timing belt on a low mileage subaru because of time vs mileage, do you recommend doing full timing kit with water pump or is it ok to just replace pulleys/tensioners/belt?
Is there any particular reason you use an electric ratchet over a small impact gun on the front of the engine after you get the radiator out of the way? I've used both and I like using my 3/8" electric impact because I find it to be faster to zip those bolts out.
I'm curious if you might be able to help me. I have an 03 outback EJ253 5 speed. I was sitting at a stop light, the light turned green I started to take off and the car stalled. I started it backup, it hesitated like crazy and didn't want to stay running, I pulled over to get out of the lane and I shut the car off. After smelling what smelled like burnt oil I checked all the fluids and looked under the car for leaks. Everything was fine. Started it up with massive miss fire and an eventual blinking CEL. I shut it off, pulled all the (new) wires and plugs for oil saturation, all clean.... Pulled timing belt cover to check slack in case it jumped a tooth... Seemed fine. Haven't done a compression test for burnt valves yet. Any other suggestions? Also will my ECU still run an EJ254 DOHC ACVS? From what I've gathered I can swap intake manifolds and be good. Hopefully that's true?
I'd test cylinder compression/leakage on #3. Then move on from there if you confirm that the cylinder is sealing properly. If you have compression, check for fuel and spark.
Hi! Is AISIN the OEM manufacturer for Subaru timing (and clutch) parts? Or you just wanted to save some money for your customer? If not, is it comparable quality with the OEM? In 10.000 km (about a year) I have to change it and I'd like to change it by myself in my 2006 2.0X Forester with high quality aftermarket parts.
The Aisin kits use the OE Koyo, NTN, and NSK bearings/idlers. The kit uses the OE Mitsuboshi timing belt. The only thing not OE Subaru in Aisin kits are the water pump. The water pumps are made by Aisin. Aisin is the OE water pump provider for Toyota and Honda. So, no worries about the quality.
@@MrSubaru1387 Is this TKF-005 kit compatible with my 2006 2.0x 158 hp engine? Because my engine on the internet it's like never existed in an AISIN timing kits view. There is no info about it, not even on aisin's website.
@@MrSubaru1387 interesting, what in particular is wrong with the kit? All the bearings in it were NSK and GMB and the belt itself appeared to be very high quality. Water pump and tensioner were both Japanese as well
@@MrSubaru1387 well lucky for me then I suppose I got for 250 bucks brand new and it uses quality components. For reference it was for an EJ205 so maybe they use different components in some of their other kits
Yup. That's the only kit I buy/use. Come with all OE components, less the water pump. That said, Aisin is the OE water pump provider for Toyota and Honda. No worry about quality.
I don't own a Subaru and don't have plans to but I felt emotionally invested in the timing belt replacement. Empty feeling inside not seeing it through to the end. Weird times!
Saw the cams jump. That's all I needed to see. I was worried I did something wrong even though I was following the Subaru Factory repair manual to a T. Still, thanks for the video. I am now confident my execution was dead on.
The cam holding tool really makes the job easier in the long run. I use to use breaker bars to balance the cams out so it wouldn't spin, but I finally bit the bullet and bought the tool from Company 23.
Wow, sweet car. Great to see these old cars well taken care of. I hope my Outback has such a long life.
This was written two years ago.
Still have that same Outback? I hope it's still well.
Good job Robert!! We all have those days. Sucks when they overlap with another randomly shitty day lol
Not to worry!!!! We all understand!!!! Glad you got that forester all handled. Just did a rebuild on my wrx dropped the engine in today. Still have a few things I gotta do.
Thanks for keeping it real! I like the way you present the information. I'm a long time 'Ru lover!
Stock manual turbo forester in mint condition? I'm very jealous of its owner.
*envious* .... ahem.
Sorry about the bad day. I still got some good info from it, thank you 👍
Shit man, no sweat we all have rough days in dhop. I enjoyed it anyhow!
Oh nooooo. I have a 45k mile fozzy xt Pro drive, love it. I was thinking about doing the belt myself until you talked about the cam jumping, that shit would freak me out!
Maybe you can do a full head gasket set replacement for a Subaru SVX I'd like to see the process of doing one along with the serpentine belt and idle and all that good stuff 😊
I love your videos I learn so much from them 🙏
No worries we've all been there done that... 👍
My Impreza belt change took me the best part of two days, the new one just would not go on, it was damn tight. My Dad, 75 years young & used to work on RR jet engines, came along and put it straight on! When pressure & frustration take over things just don't go for you...
Not mad. Enjoy all your videos.
I just put Defenders on my Forester, we'll see how they hold up as I've heard they don't last. I fully realize they have 80k warranty or 6 years and expect to file a claim if I have to. Love them so far pushed them real hard in the rain and they never lost traction. Really pushed them like flying by people on the freeway while it was pouring. Hard ramp driving no issues. Do notice loss of mpg, but if the traction is there like it seems I don't mind. We'll see soon how the snow driving is.
Hey on the turbos put the crank a little back like 11:45 and marks on belt makes everything jive
Nice inspection video. No battery hold-down bracket? Ha,ha.
I got the same kit for my 05 Forester and I’m wondering about bleeding the new Tensioner on the timing belt? Please let me know if I messed up NOT bleeding it before I installed it. 😢 I got The same brand.
Forgive me for skimming this one. Been there! I think I have three tutorials filmed now that ended up being fails for various reasons. Such is life.
Binge watching? Lol
@@MrSubaru1387 Yeeep. Sometimes I leave a bunch of tabs from notifications open for a long time and then finally get around to them later. 😂
Hey, have you done a delete job on the secondary air system ever? what would be a good guide for someone if you havn't?
What's the point of that system?
@@JS-tb9hu Its to reduce emisions on cold startup.
It has a fan to push in extra air direct to the ignition points so that it gets a cleaner burn. All well and good but the system is notouriously unreliable, and only reduces emisions for the first 30 seconds. When the engine is warmed up, all is well and the system closes itself up. If its not broken already.
Electric ratchet game on point!
You rock man🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾
Will you recommend Aisin timing kit from Amazon?
It has all components include the water pump. Should I trust Aisin water pump?
Thank you
Aisin is all I use.
That Milwaukee tool is nice but I might have to go with the HF version
Still a Good Vid. Are there any Preventative Maintenance issues you could address, since the vehicle is a Turbo, that you can do to prevent failure (ie. banjo bolt, etc) ? Thanks !
My 03 Forester with the 4EAT auto trans has a belt guard above the crank pulley. Why would this be?
It's hard to tell from the angle of the camera, is there less space between the engine and radiator on this than an OBXT? We used a stubby HF earthquake XT impact to remove the crank pulley bolt, worked great.
Forester is slightly more cramped.
Nice looking car.
What was labor cost for all that?
I'm in the middle of doing this on my 2007 and had a bad a/c clutch so I bought one to replace it and found out there are two different a/c compressors meaning two different clutches. Can you confirm this? Yours looks very similar to mine. The only differences I could see from pictures of the two where the pulley diameter and the way the plate that holds the 12v wire for the magnet mounts. Mine and yours has the Philips head screws on the top, the other design has them on the side. Have you ever ran into this?
This is Bryan. Enjoy your videos, am thinking of purchasing a Subaru on next vehicle purchase. The engine work seems overly complicated as compared to a inline 4 cyclinder but, they seem to have the best AWD system. I'm trying to decide if the trade off is worth it.
I'd rather work on a Subaru that a Honda or Toyota engine any day. Far better access for service and are surprisingly easy to work on.
That little Milwaukee looks like it’s holding up pretty well?
That’s the way it goes sometimes - happen to have a link to the kit you used? I did the gates kit a few years ago when I did mine. Getting close to time to do it again so recommendations are welcome
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@@MrSubaru1387 Thanks! TIL the kit is different between the '07 and '08
If I am changing a timing belt on a low mileage subaru because of time vs mileage, do you recommend doing full timing kit with water pump or is it ok to just replace pulleys/tensioners/belt?
Always recommend replacing everything while you're in there. One shot, nothing to worry about later.
Thanks, appreciate the input.
I see the title says fail... I am worried on what the failure could be. I will watch and see
Love the channel!!!!!
Is there any particular reason you use an electric ratchet over a small impact gun on the front of the engine after you get the radiator out of the way? I've used both and I like using my 3/8" electric impact because I find it to be faster to zip those bolts out.
I prefer the ratchet. It helps keep me as far away from the condenser as possible. Lol
What about the battery strap?
I have a wrx with a repetitive rear main seal failure, replaced the rear main twice and still have a slow leak. Any advice mr. Subaru?
Is the crank scratched?
@@MrSubaru1387 During the inspection, crank looks perfect
I have a 2010 Forester XT. Is this job fairly similar to this video tutorial?
Yes.
Did you put the battery tie down back in? @25:10
The car was missing it when it came in. Told the owner, he's going to find one.
@@MrSubaru1387 Keep up the awesome work, you are setting a great example for what a tech should be.
Typo in the thumbnail captain Subaru fyi
I'm curious if you might be able to help me. I have an 03 outback EJ253 5 speed. I was sitting at a stop light, the light turned green I started to take off and the car stalled. I started it backup, it hesitated like crazy and didn't want to stay running, I pulled over to get out of the lane and I shut the car off. After smelling what smelled like burnt oil I checked all the fluids and looked under the car for leaks. Everything was fine. Started it up with massive miss fire and an eventual blinking CEL. I shut it off, pulled all the (new) wires and plugs for oil saturation, all clean.... Pulled timing belt cover to check slack in case it jumped a tooth... Seemed fine. Haven't done a compression test for burnt valves yet. Any other suggestions?
Also will my ECU still run an EJ254 DOHC ACVS? From what I've gathered I can swap intake manifolds and be good. Hopefully that's true?
Also, I get a misfire in cylinder 3 code.
I'd test cylinder compression/leakage on #3. Then move on from there if you confirm that the cylinder is sealing properly. If you have compression, check for fuel and spark.
Hi!
Is AISIN the OEM manufacturer for Subaru timing (and clutch) parts? Or you just wanted to save some money for your customer? If not, is it comparable quality with the OEM? In 10.000 km (about a year) I have to change it and I'd like to change it by myself in my 2006 2.0X Forester with high quality aftermarket parts.
The Aisin kits use the OE Koyo, NTN, and NSK bearings/idlers. The kit uses the OE Mitsuboshi timing belt. The only thing not OE Subaru in Aisin kits are the water pump. The water pumps are made by Aisin. Aisin is the OE water pump provider for Toyota and Honda. So, no worries about the quality.
@@MrSubaru1387 Thanks! Are there other timing kit manufacturers I can trust, like SKF or Contitech, etc or better stick with AISIN?
@@misi2752 Aisin is the only kit I recommend. They're, as far as I know, the only company using OE components.
@@MrSubaru1387 Is this TKF-005 kit compatible with my 2006 2.0x 158 hp engine? Because my engine on the internet it's like never existed in an AISIN timing kits view. There is no info about it, not even on aisin's website.
What do you think of the Dayco kit?
Junk.
@@MrSubaru1387 interesting, what in particular is wrong with the kit? All the bearings in it were NSK and GMB and the belt itself appeared to be very high quality. Water pump and tensioner were both Japanese as well
They must've changed them up. Used to have Chinese components like Gates kits.
@@MrSubaru1387 well lucky for me then I suppose I got for 250 bucks brand new and it uses quality components. For reference it was for an EJ205 so maybe they use different components in some of their other kits
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Robert do you recommend the aisin kit
Jon Koontz always go Aisin. They are typically the OE manufacturer for Asian vehicles timing belts
Yup. That's the only kit I buy/use. Come with all OE components, less the water pump. That said, Aisin is the OE water pump provider for Toyota and Honda. No worry about quality.
Where do you buy the timing belt kits from ?
@@johnlapp7020 Amazon
@@MrSubaru1387 excellent thank you
Dude where are you located!!???
Upstate South Carolina.
How can i contact u for questions regarding my subaru legacy
MrSubaru1387@gmail.com
@@MrSubaru1387 thanks
Why aren't you using the company 23 cam gear holders?
Never had the need to buy the tool. I've managed fine without it for years.
@@MrSubaru1387 they make the job soooo much easier and quicker. I love them, use them weekly
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