Im in the middle of doing a head gasket on my Subaru for the first time ever and I just have a quick question. Does the cam sprocket only go on to the cam in one position or can it be tightened down in any position. I'm worried about it moving after the timing belt comes off.

Thanks guys

 

I have a 98 ob 2.5 btw

should have a pin to center it on cam make shure you put cam gears back on the cams they came off of they are all clearly marked if its a 4 cam if its single cam not maked but only go one way warning the bottom ends of theese engines are weak so i do berrings now every time i do headgaskets or at least check oil preshure first sucks to do headgaskets just to throw a rod

every time i do headgaskets or at least check oil preshure first sucks to do headgaskets just to throw a rod

 

Is there a way to check oil pressure with most stuff off already? All that's left are heads and tb.

nope not easaly if heads are off finish the job and do the bottom end its a lot more work but you will be happyer with the results you could rock the crank back and forth see if any play but is very hard to tell i listen when i start them any noise on startup knocking that go's away after a few seconds if any nosie i put in berrings if its a 2.5 d and it has more than 200000kms needs berrings even if it ran good have seen many engines die right after head job then its trashed if you do it now it will give you many years of good service. it takes me about 2;45 min to pull engine and strip it to crank good luck with it

Thanks for your replies btw

This is my first head gasket ever. But so far so good so I might just pull the engine and finish the job. How much does that usually cost in parts? What else would I need besides just the bearings. Time isn't an issue for me just $.

nope not easaly if heads are off finish the job and do the bottom end its a lot more work but you will be happyer with the results you could rock the crank back and forth see if any play but is very hard to tell i listen when i start them any noise on startup knocking that go's away after a few seconds if any nosie i put in berrings if its a 2.5 d and it has more than 200000kms needs berrings even if it ran good have seen many engines die right after head job then its trashed if you do it now it will give you many years of good service. it takes me about 2;45 min to pull engine and strip it to crank good luck with it

 

ivan, you feeling OK?

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I noticed you used a period.

ivan, you feeling OK?

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I noticed you used a period.

 

 

Jacob