Major Lazy

I'm cornfused EA82T?? looks like a legacy in the pic nm ic now

hmmmm..my ea82t, hardly modded, gets 20-24 wrx gets worse than that??

lol guess I'm more of a noob than i thought, I guess DOHC would be 4 cams for this car then huh. Thx G!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-1994-Subaru-1-8-GL-DL-Loyale-Timing-Belt-Kit_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33625QQihZ012QQitemZ220209014223QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW I saw this kit on e-bay and was wondering, does anyone know if it will fit and 87 RX? Are timing belts the same turbo to non? I question the listing of EA82T because it also lists a SOHC (2 belts for SOHC??, im a noob but jeez) Also any opinions on quality or maybe an alternate source? NAPA wants $300!!, $100 each for the tensioners. I cant even get 2 belts for the price of this kit, so if its good im getting it. thx

Thx Gloyale I went and bought a nice breaker bar and it worked great. Biggest PITA water pump i ever did. Maybe im just spoiled.

I just want to make sure that the crank pulley bolt is Right hand thread. Mine is being very difficult. I PB blasted it overnight, still nothing. I hope im not tightening it. LOL, I just did the 'Miles Fox' method and put a ratchet on the crank bolt and wedged it against the skid plate, took the rotor wire off and turned the motor. It broke the socket. What am I doing wrong???

OK, now how do i BUY them?

well, I took the vbelt off and the noise stopped, so its either the water pump or the alt. I am going to replace the water pump. I also plan to make a weekend of it and do the timing belts. I was going to do the tensioners too but NAPA wants $100 per side (yea, $300 for a kit). I have looked around USMB and found some other things I may want to do while i have the radiator out, like the oil pump seal & gasket. So i have some questions (yea, me questions, go figure) *Is there really a need to replace the tensioners? *Any suggestions on any other items to check/replace while working on the t-belts? Thx

I have searched the thread and can't see an answer to what is probably a really simple question to you in the know. How can I tell if my water pump is leaking? My car (87 RX) began leaking coolant a couple of days ago. I can't tell where its coming from. It is dripping down from the timing belt covers, which are below the water pump. In addition there is a bit of noise at idle (light grinding..?). Coolant does NOT appear to be coming out of the weephole on top of the pump. I replaced the intake manifold gaskets about a week ago, but I cant find anything left loose. The previous owner had removed the AC unit from the car and as a result I have 2 ALT belts. In retrospect could this have placed additional stress on the Water pump? The pump shaft does not have play in it like previous water pump failures I have seen (ford). so...Is there any trick to determine exact point of leakage? No overheating, trying to keep it that way Thanks, Lazy

HEY! by 2027 my 1997 impreza will be able to have collector plates! NO more tabs!

yea, ive been to that one. No 3 doors there, i need the rear wiper arm for my rx.

Dude, Sweet. l have an 87 RX and live in Everett & work in Burlington. My Rx is the funnest car i ever had. Not the fastest by any means but the funnest. I heard there is an all sub wrecking yard in Mt. Vernon but I cant find it, you know where it is? Lazy

Skip, Don't be silly, without help I would still be staring at this thing with wrenches in one hand and a beer (Rolling Rock btw ) in the other. You've been great, particularly with code reading. thx SUCCESS! I took the correct connector off, and the leads were all GREEN from corrosion. I sandpapered them off and BLAMMO! the car starts right up, and the CEL even went off. USMB and Smart helpful peeps FTW!

I really appreciate all of your help. To make sure you all know this is an EA82T. I am a little confused about where the coolant temp sensor is. Is it on the goose neck above the thermostat like the SECOND picture or at the rear of the intake manifold like the FIRST pic, (which has the gooseneck labled also)? I took the connector off of the Gooseneck sensor and hot it measured 7.5 ohms, sounds bad huh? I will measure it cool when it cools off. Could I have damaged it by bumping it or something? I did not have a CEL before I put the new intake manifold gaskets on.

Wow Thanks a Ton Skip. I got code 21 - Coolant temperature sensor or circuit, which is the pic you posted, are you psychic? Only thing is it looks ok and is plugged in. Could it have been tripped by an air bubble in the coolant? Is this the same unit the FSM refers to as the 'Thermometer'? My temp gauge seems to work fine.

Oh yea I have been looking for something obvious disconnected. Cant seem to find anything. I heard autozone will read codes, so I'm going there today to get it read. The car has been starting now, it just takes a lot of cranking, so its not really a NO start more of a HARD start. Once its running it seems to run great. One thing I am not sure if I put back on correctly is the purge check valve (thats what Haynes calls it), a small one-way valve in the vacuum line that i dont remember which way it came off.

OK I really need some help now. The vacuum leak ended up being a bit larger than i thought, it was a blown intake manifold gasket. I put 2 new ones on using info on other posts here (Wow, Thank God for this site). After a few issues I got the car started and it ran GREAT. I adjusted the idle down a bit after it was warm, took it for a test drive around the block and was very, very happy. Then after I shut if off it refused to start, not a cough, nothing, just turned over. It has good spark and then while i was checking for fuel by pulling the fuel line off, LO and BEhold it started again. Again it ran great for a while, then i turned it off, and guess what, it wont start again. Does anyone have any idea where I should begin looking for this problem? Its hard to believe its not related to the recent intake manifold gaskets but I guess it COULD be. The one thing I know is wrong is that the oil pressure sender wire got broke during this work and CEL is lit.

Thanks They're hooked up 100% OK then whew

Can someone confirm this for me please? I have looked around and someone elsewhere posted a different configuration for an EA82. I just put the intake manifold back on my EA82T and it wont start. It started right up first try but ran like crap so i shut it down and realized the plug wires were wrong (Disty turns CCW NOt CW eh). Now the plug wires are on correctly and it wont start so I am checking every thing else. I have the fuel lines set up like Fox says, but another post here (For EA82) had different info. Are Ea82 and EA82T different? (next time I'll use something less gas solvent than masking tape and sharpies for fuel lines, DUH) Thanks!

My intake manifold also just took a dive. It was spit out of place. Do you think this indicates another problem, or will simply replacing the gasket solve the problem?

Hey Gloyale, Thanks a LOT for offering to send the that vacuum fitting. However, I have already JB welded the one I had back in. I probably couldn't get it back out even if I tried. It's great to know there are people willing to help. BTW your in box is full

previous owner removed the AC from my 87 Rx, I can help with measurements, pics etc. Lemme know

Of course Gloyale it could NOT be that simple. I took the fitting out and it appears to have been 'engineered'. The threads were worn out. So I went and got a replacement piece (it was a 1/8" brass plumbing fitting) which did not fit back in. I can only assume that the fitting was forced into the manifold. I did put teflon tape around the old fitting and put it back in but it still leaks. I will go to the JY and try to figure out what is supposed to go here sometime next week. in the meantime, if the manifold threads are hosed how do I go about a fix? if anyone has a junk ea82T around I sure would like the fitting, its on the passengers side on the intake manifold between the cylinders and is the most outboard of 2 vacuum hoses here. OH, and Id sure like to know where to get that .59 plumbers tape, mine was like 2.50

My 82 hatch made my wife sit beside the road for 2 hrs waiting for AAA. Thats one stone cold Sub.

OK I have found a leak in the vacuum system. It is leaking around a brass fitting that threads into the intake manifold. (Thanks GD for the carb cleaner tip, only 1.99). Now, to fix it should I pull the fitting out and JB weld it back in? Taking it out kinda scares me because I am afraid of doing more harm than good. I was thinking of simply getting some kind of goop (high temp silicone?) and sealing up the outside of the fitting. Does that sound stupid? Any suggestions? Thanks.