Hi, i have a 1985 subaru gl wagon, I was doing a little mudding a few days ago, then yestarday i went over a speed bump, The engine got real deep, rattled alot, and died, I dont know much of anything about cars, its my first subaru, I looked under the hood, And found the left tensioner on the ground, I tried to put it back on, and it looks right, but the car wont start, and by chance it starts, it runs Really bad and dies unless the petal is to the floor, and then it only goes to 3k rpms, i have a vacuum gauge, and the pressure is reading zero. Any idea's? =\

 

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Is there a way to "check" if the timing belts are off?

Look ~► Here

 

That is a link to the writeup done by MilesFox about the Subaru EA82 Engine Timing Belts.

 

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yup, if the tensioner fell off, it is pretty much a guarantee it jumped time.

 

Follow the link posted above and you can set it right again - excellent write up.

Thank you everyone, she's up and running again, First time timing an engine and belts, I gave it about 4 goes, and she would not start or even crank over, then i noticed that i never turned the right cam 180 degrees before timing the left belt, i did that and she started right up, Thank you everyone, WOOT, time to go cruisin again

Whoohoo!! glad to hear you got her sorted out!

where abouts are you located? im in parkland(near tacoma) and have spares for ea82 cars and time/garage space, should you find yourself in need.glad your car is alive, that TB stuff gets us all the first time (cuz we dont READ first:D)

 

 

 

 

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