Bandit987

I bolted the new water pump and its 1/4 to 1/2 inch of the crank pulley. Any ideas? The one I bought was from ebay and it was the 105mm.

I just borrowed some money and bought some fel pro gaskets, last question, by final valve do you mean, go 5 pounds on each bolt after the last torque pattern? I lied another question, is there a torque rating for the cam carrier bolts?

The only thing I have not done is the oil pump rebuild. Yeah I had already installed the belts/tenstioners and idler not more than 3 weeks before the head gasket blew. Yes I made sure to read up on the miles fox timing belt procedure, had my buddy(who is a smog tech) check to see if my timing was good and it was. If it was one of you guys, would you just wait and buy a Fel pro gasket?

When you say putting that stuff on and start the motor , do you mean everything? As if I was going to drive it? And by clean and dry do you mean no oil and coolant, also how long do I leave it on for? I do plan on using the no name brand, like I said I'm broke right now and I need to settle for that. Right now I'm in the process of cleaning the old gasket off the block/heads/intake/exhaust. Plan is right now to try to put the heads back tomorrow. Just want to make sure I understand it right, because if that's that you guys do, ill listen

Thanks, putting everything together now. Also I remember seeing a post about a dual core radiator , cant find it for some reason, does anyone know where I can get one of those? A website or number would be great FOUND IT NVM!

I inspected them better and there does seem to be a slight crack in between the valves( ill upload pics tomorrow). I was wondering what you guys would do as far as that goes? Replace them or leave them .....

I am broke right now so I have to go with the set I bought.. :-\. Also something crazy, in the chilton book it shows the loosening sequence, it actually has a typo and doesn't show 2 bolts , but I checked the tightening sequence it does show them. I have one head off, Looks fine to me, my friend says that it looks pretty good. I am going to take the other one off tomorrow, the one I do have off doesn't seem to have any cracks, so all good so far.

UPDATE! Just got some free time, I have drained all the coolant, started with the oil , soon as it started flowing, I saw green liquid with the oil, it was bright green because I just finished putting some new coolant in. I have everything off now, in the process of taking off the valve covers. Ive been doing some reading to get ready to replace the head gaskets, I have a chilton book for my car, and Ive been doing some reading on the forums. I have a questions In the book it says when you are torquing the bolts to do it in three steps. 22ft, then 43 ft, then 47ft, is that necessary? Its pretty crazy having it all apart like it is, doesn't look so complicated anymore . Thanks for all the help so far, you guys have saved me a bunch of time. Ill keep you updated .

I am just going to get it towed, I have not even put 10k miles on the engine yet, but it did already have 40-70k. I am going to try it in the next couple weeks, Just need to wait for the gasket set The oil and coolant are mixing. Don't remember if I answered your last question, but Yes there was smoke coming out of the dipstick hole What is Head stud torque pattern?

Yes, Would it still be safe to drive it home? Like I said Its about 1.4 miles form my house, I am also thinking it will take more than 4 hours for me because I'm new to this. What is Head stud torque pattern? Also should I replace the Head studs?

Would the manifold Gasket affect the idle? I prob should have mentioned that , reason I think its the head gaskets is because my idle dropped then started puffing white smoke, I turned it off , was thinking wtf, first thing I did lol was check the oil, soon as I took the dipstick out smoke was coming from it, I am a noob at cars, but I thought that was really bad lol

I am puffing white smoke out of my exhaust, Its an 87 ea82t, I was wondering what else I need to change while I'm there...I found this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/85-90-1-8L-Subaru-Loyale-EA82T-SOHC-Head-Gasket-Set_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3355252721QQitemZ220471830305QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories Also I was wondering how much damage if any it would cause driving it home its about 1.4 miles away, Also how long does replacing both head gaskets take?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380206377129&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2&category=33615 I was thinking this would be a good start to do a swap on my rx? I am just wondering if this is a good price.

Damn that's a nice car