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And more is revealed by the light of a new day... Looks like the tensioner is hitting the cover.

When I hybridized (sp?) , merged the engines, I re-used the timing components from the 2.5, since the belt was longer and already had the cam pulleys on the heads.(swapped the crank pulley). It had thrown the #1 rod through the top of the block. (WITHOUT touching the valves!!!) The other idlers and belt looked as if they had been replaced recently. Apparently the toothed idler wasn't among those that had been replaced or it's warranty just ran out.

Looks like time for a TB, idlers AND tensioner

Not yet. Toothed idler next to waterpump seems to have some wear to it.

I did a quick search, but I was looking for corroboration. I did a hybrid short block swap on this in November. 1995 2.2 block with 2000 2.5 SOHC heads and intake to match the 2000 outback. It's been running like a champ until now. It's low on power, hard to get to highway speeds, hard to start. But it still starts(after a couple tries) and runs ok. CEL came on, checked the codes. Came up with fuel trim on the odd side (cyls 1 &3). I did some searching and came up with the trouble being that the odd side jumped a tooth or two on the cam pulley. I pulled the cover off expecting to find it off a tooth, but instead I find funky wear on the crank pulley. Kind of like the belt has drag on it and is being pulled by the crank, so the even bank is correct, but the odd side is about a tooth behind. This would indicate a bad tensioner, in my mind. When I swapped the timing belt, pulleys and tensioner, I thought that I took my time when compressing the tensioner. I don't have a vise but I do have a 12 ton press. It went smoothly and I went slowly. Did I screw up the tensioner, went too fast or whatever, or it just decided to fail now? Please take a look at the pics and let me know your opinions.

New to this forum. I bought a 1995 Legacy Sedan LS at an auction for $600. Got it for my daughter who just got her license. I'm here just lookin' for info & a line on a few parts that may be needed. The car has 279,000 miles on it (I know, it's just broke in...lol). And of course, I have NO idea what it's history is. From looking around this forum, it looks like I probably need to change the timing belt & w/p. Possibly head gaskets. I got under the car yesterday and I didn't see any noticeable oil or fluid leaks. The brakes seem a bit low & looking at the rotors thru the wheels, it looks as if it's time to replace calipers & rotors. Otherwise, it runs great and everything works. Although my friend who followed me back from the auction said that the car dog-tracked down the road (front & rear not tracking the same) and the steering wheel is pointing to about the 1 O'clock position. I'll try to post some pics when I get a chance. Dan BTW.. I had an '81 GL (cyclops) wagon 15 or so years ago.. it was a blast to drive.