Someone recently mentioned to me that he thought that Subaru had made an engine with gear drives instead of timing belts.

 

Does anyone know if that is true, and have any more information on them? I always thought that all Subaru engines had timing belts.

the ea81. and its predacessors

Thanks. Do you know what general years/models?

Thanks. Do you know what general years/models?

EA81 1.8L engines; with the exception of the Hatch and Brat which used the EA81 engine until 1987, all the models up to 1984 used the EA81 engine. That's in the US market. I'm not sure about international models.

Every Subaru engine made from 1970 to 1984.

 

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I always thought that all Subaru engines had timing belts.

the 6 cylinder models since 2001 don't have belts either, they have timing chains.

EZ series

EG33 uses a hybrid belt and gear driven cams

the new FB series

 

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