timing

[p1ggm]

just had the belt done on the car tonight, and amazingly the original belt, as fitted by subaru in the factory, was 2 teeth out on one of the cams, we couldnt believe it. i thought that would have minced the engine, but its been running sweet.

 

very strange

oh and it was the driver side lower cam that was out, the other 3 were fine

[bigdavie]

wow !!

did you do the job yourself ??

if so how hard is it and do you need lock up tools ??!!

cheers !!

[p1ggm]

naa i never did it, i stood back and mainly said, that looks a cAnt of a job[]

 

no locking tools needed and was pretty straight forward, all the timing marks are very clear and the subaru belt comes all marked too

[scientific steve]

naa i never did it, i stood back and mainly said, that looks a cAnt of a job[]

 

no locking tools needed and was pretty straight forward, all the timing marks are very clear and the subaru belt comes all marked too

if thats the case then how did the last person/garage manage to fack the last one then [][][]

[p1ggm]

its never had a belt, it came from the factory like that, we were very confused when it didnt line up

[scientific steve]

kin hell, still trying to get that round me head

wonder how many teeth you can be out before you knacker something then ?

dont think I want to try it out though 

[p1ggm]

i know, if i had my camera i would have taken pics of it, the car was running great too, very strange

we marked where the belt came off just in case too, but lined it up with the original marks and turned it over by hand, al ok, and fired up, ran nicely

[wilky]

You can jump teeth with a sticky starter or a bodged start!!!

Hard to believe but very true.

Glad its fixed now.

 

Callum

[p1ggm]

yeah i am just surprised the car was running fine, thats all, and there was plenty of tension on the belt too

 

there goes the excuse for the 2.5 thou