twister5voy

Just an update- The guy I took it to found the issue, I left a paper towel somewhere in the passenger side head. Their gonna try to get it out so hopefully it'll run after that. Thanks for all the advice and help!

God no... I didn't use the arrows. When I put it all back together the block, cam, and belt marks all lined up. I finally caved in and got an appointment to have it looked at by someone else. When (if) I figure out what the issue is I'll update and let ya know. Im sure its something horribly simple......

I went out and stared at the suby again this morning, thats when I noticed that the marks on the timing belt no longer match up with the marks on the camshafts. They should be lined up right? Or is it the marks on the cam's and the marks on the engine that I need to worry about. When I put it on it all lined up...

Have checked the hoses x6, tried the battery thing fairtax suggested... no difference. Everything is plugged in. Throttle butterfly is closed. Was gonna try to check the ECU codes using the instructions here http://legacycentral.org/library/literature/codes.htm but I think black connector was already connected? Are those the correct connectors its talking about?

Battery problem solved. Cleaned the grounds and terminals.... seems to of fixed that issue. Duh Still not wanting to run on its own though. Everything is connected (im 99.999% sure). None of the vacuum hoses are cracked/cut and the intake looks fine. Will start and run, settle on 1500 rpm for about 3 sec and then die. It ran for about 2 min with my foot on the gas. Bad PCV valve? Is it possible i messed up something removing and reattaching the throttle cable? Don't know if it has keyless entry. Didn't come with a clicker and I don't recall seeing the parking lights flash.

Relating to this thread... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/139431-head-gasket-blown/ I changed the HG's, water pump & T-stat, reseal oil pump, T-belt & pulleys, plugs and wires, a couple small hoses and fluid changes. Got it all put back together Thursday night. Went to try to start it Friday morning and it would run with my foot on the gas. As soon as I let off the gas it would die. Saturday morning- cleaned the MAF sensor and the IAC valve. Ran for like 10 sec on its own then died. Would run after that with foot on gas but then would die. Yesterday- Cleaned out the throttle body intake a little and went to try to start it. Got dash lights but wouldn't turn over. Put battery on the charger for about 4-5hrs and when I put it back in the car after that I got nothing. No dash/dome lights.... nothing. Took it to O'Reilly's and they said it was bad but not bad enough to make it not start/ no lights. Took it back home and put it in car again, lights came back but still no start. Today- Took battery to Les Schwab to get a new one. They said it tested fine. Put it back in the car and got dash lights but still no start. Nothing that I can see is disconnected, I'm 99% sure the timing is on. Was supposed to take my suby on a 1500mi road trip in 13 days. Sorry for the long post... wanted to be as thorough as possible. Any ideas to either problem??

Sorry to bump a month old thread but.... Seems the only way to go is OEM on the thermostat. Tacoma Subaru is showing $43 for it, does this seem right? subarugenuineparts has it for $22. Are they actually OEM?

It comes from the tailpipe and under the hood. I was determined,the haynes manual illustration showed 6 bolts to the valve covers so when I saw the 6 bolts in the car........... All the bolts on the passenger side were completely (hand loose) loosened and the left and middle top on the driver side I had barely broke loose. It seems that you can do this in the car but the only writeup I can find is for a late 90's 2.5..... any leads on info to doing this in the car? Should I go ahead and do the water pump and timing belt/pulleys too?

Thanks for the advice all, the car has almost 176000 miles. Mistakes do happen but this is a pretty bad one even for me...... I'm assuming there's a thread about doing them in the car? Guess I have some searching to do. Was planning to pull the engine and do the water pump and timing belt/pulleys as preventative maintenance but at this point quicker is better. I will be driving it to Burning Man in about 6 weeks so the last thing I want is to be stressing if this is done or not. Edit: have read many different opinions on the subject but.... since I've already tightened them down once, should I replace the head bolts too?

Hi there, I've only owned my Subaru (92 legacy L-EJ22) since the end of April and I love it! But now its sad Had a small oil leak which I figured was the valve cover gaskets. In the process of changing them I made a VERY dumb mistake and loosened my head bolts inadvertently. I tightened them back up to spec, went ahead and did the valve gaskets, plugs and wires, and changed the oil. I now have smoke (steam?) coming up from under the passenger side head and A LOT of white smoke coming out of the exhaust. Didn't see any bubbling in the reservoir but I might have just missed it. I have the gut feeling that I need to do the head gaskets and wanted some input. Thanks in advance!