anders

OK, thank you! Shows what I know.

Is this freeze plug failed? It sticks out 1 mm or so where the other ones are all flush. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fElMIn1Qjjj0RdcWLEam--MG3GlxJVae/view?usp=sharing There is also what looks like a lil freeze plug below the crankshaft in the bell housing, and that sticks out slightly too. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1py_-zoCi1mvQDcy3EgZAvTeISrcM2NzB/view?usp=sharing What if anything can I do about it? And anything else I should look out? I did a compression test with a cheap gauge before I pulled the engine and I remember thinking the numbers were ok, I don't have them right on hand though. It's an EA82. Thanks. I've gotten a lot of useful info off this board for this current project.

In the setup I've seen a few times, one of the belts it tensioned by the alternator and the other is tensioned by an idler pulley. The idler pulley for that 2nd belt seems to be one of those things that doesn't last 30 years. I've seen a few when someone chose to run it without the 2nd belt and that's how mine has always been and it's been fine. I do have some minor problems with keeping the alternator belt tensioned (the power steering almost always squeals), but it's hard saying if that's due to the missing belt or just the nature of it.

I have a 87 subaru gl (1.8 fuel injected) that I bought a few months ago. It came with what I think is the wrong drive belt, so I ordered the OE belts from Subaru based on the VIN. The one that's on there now looks brand new, and it's a close fit, but I can't get it properly tensioned. To my surprise when I went to the dealership to pick it up there were TWO drive belts, as there was only one on the car when I bought it. The one drive belt goes (from left to right going clockwise) the power steering, ac compressor (hitachi I think?), alternator, and waterpump, and crankshaft. There's grooves for the second belt on everything but the alternator. Now I have two questions: Where I'm scratching my head is from what I researched there should be an idler pulley that tensions the second belt. There's a bracket (similar what the alternator slides on) under and to the right of the ac -- is that where the idler pulley is supposed to atttach? Or is there another tensioning method? And where the hell will I get a new pulley if that is the problem? And my other problem is I can't figure out how to install the alternator belt -- it's too small to go around the four pulleys plus the alternator. Both belts are the same size, and I'm perplexed how one will go around the four pulleys I see and other one will go around those same four plus the alternator. The most helpful thing I've found is the How to Keep Your Subaru Alive book pdf. I attached a picture from it, the layout I have is the middle image (minus the pulley).drive belt.tiff